A paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Iwikau Te Heuheu was an ardent proponent of Māori nationalism, supporting the movement to set up a Māori king.
Iwikau Te Heuheu Tukino Iii
Personal details
Full Name:
Iwikau Te Heuheu Tūkino III
Lifetime:
? – Oct 1862
Biography
Main image: Iwikau Te Heuheu Tukino III
Portraits of four Maori in two groups by George French Angas, 1847. Mananui Te Heuheu and Iwikau Te Heuheu (sitting) are on the
left, with the palisades of their pa, Te Rapa, at Taupo behind them. Apihai Te
Kawau and his nephew Tamakihi Te Rewiti are on the right, with the wall
of a whare and a view of Orakei Bay, Auckland, behind them.