Story: Taiwhanga, Rāwiri

Rāwiri Taiwhanga (right) and an unidentified woman

Rāwiri Taiwhanga (right) and an unidentified woman

These ink and watercolour portraits of Rāwiri Taiwhanga and an unidentified Māori woman were based on sketches made by Frenchman Jules Louis Lejeune in 1824.

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Claudia Orange and Ormond Wilson. 'Taiwhanga, Rāwiri', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/1t4/taiwhanga-rawiri (accessed 30 September 2023)