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Biography: Te Kawau, Āpihai

Āpihai Te Kawau

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Āpihai Te Kawau

This engraving of Ngāti Whātua chief Āpihai Te Kawau dates from 1842, a couple of years after he signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Manukau Harbour.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0076-174

Lithograph by Joseph Jenner Merrett

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.

How to cite this page

Ani Pihema and Ruby Kerei and Steven Oliver. 'Te Kawau, Āpihai', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/46686/apihai-te-kawau (accessed 25 June 2026).