Tāwhiao
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Kīngi Tāwhiao, known initially as Matutaera, reigned as the Māori King from 1860 until his death. After his flight to the King Country, Tāwhiao was also Paramount Chief of Te Rohe Pōtae for 17 years,
The king painted by Gottfried Lindauer in 1882
Tāwhiao (then Matutaera) as a young man
Kauri gum bust of Tāwhiao made during the New Zealand Wars
King Tawhiao as depicted by Gottfried Lindauer in later life
Invasion of the Waikato
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The invasion of the Waikato became the largest and most important campaign of the 19th-century New Zealand Wars. Hostilities took place in the North Island of New Zealand between the military forces o
Ngāti Maniapoto survivors of the war, at the jubilee gathering on the battlefield of Orakau, 1 April 1914. All but Hekiera shared in the defence of Orakau pa, and fought through to the Puniu River in the retreat.
Chart from the medical and surgical journal of A. B. Messer, assistant surgeon aboard HMS Curacoa
Proclamation requiring Māori to take an Oath of Allegiance, 9 July 1863
Lieutenant-General Duncan Cameron, commander-in-chief of British forces in New Zealand, 1863–65