Skip to main content

Story: Southland region

Wharekōrari and Wills at Waikawa

Image
Wharekōrari and Wills at Waikawa

In 1848 the naturalist Walter Mantell was travelling through the South Island with Alfred Wills and Wharekōrari, a Māori guide. He painted this view of Southland, with Wharekōrari seated at left, and Wills lying on his pack, facing the hills.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-103-079

by Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell

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

David Grant, Southland region – Early settlement, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/20103/wharekorari-and-wills-at-waikawa (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 1 May 2015.