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Titokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngati Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Titokowaru (top left)

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Titokowaru (top left)

In 1886 Te Whiti and Titokowaru were tried for occupying a Taranaki settler's farm, as part of their continuing campaign of resistance to land confiscations; both were convicted and imprisoned.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-034-015

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