karaitiana takamoana

Personal details

Full Name:

  • Karaitiana Takamoana

Lifetime:

  • ?24 Feb 1879
Biography

Influential Ngāti Kahungunu chief who fought in the Musket Wars during the 1820s, and later entered Parliament as a member for Eastern Māori. 

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  • Main image: Karaitiana Takamoana

    Carte de visite portrait of Karaitiana Takamoana, taken between 1870 and 1879 by Samuel Carnell of Napier.