2-791-449 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Rangihaeata - "Fighting General", 1844. Portrait, after a drawing by Mr. J. Greaves, of Maori warrior Te Rangihaeata, a chief of the Ngati Toa tribe and nephew of Te Rauparaha, 'the two chiefs who took the most prominent part in the late Massacre at Wairau...Upwards of a year ago, Rangihaeata attacked some settlers who rented land near Porirua, destroyed their houses, and drove them off'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.