Skip to main content

Story: Hōiho – horses and iwi

Wiremu Tāmihana

Image
Wiremu Tāmihana

This 1865 wood engraving shows Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa negotiating with Brigadier George Jackson Carey during the New Zealand wars. Horses graze nearby. During the wars of the 1860s, all parties used horses, and their theft from adversaries was common.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0033-1865-228-1

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

All images & media in this story

How to cite this page

Basil Keane, Hōiho – horses and iwi – Introduction of horses, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/17810/wiremu-tamihana (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Basil Keane, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.