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Te Horetā

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Te Horetā

This portrait of Te Horetā, also known as Te Taniwha, was almost certainly painted from a photograph many years after Te Horetā’s death in 1853. Te Horetā was an important chief of Ngāti Whanaunga.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Marutūahu tribes – Ngāti Rongoū, Ngāti Tamaterā and Ngāti Whanaunga, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/751/te-horeta (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.