Biography: Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

Two Waikato chiefs

This 1844 lithograph shows Ngāti Māhanga leader Te Awa-i-taia (right), with fellow Waikato chief Te Moanaroa of Ngāti Tāhinga.

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Tinted lithograph by George French Angas

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

Gary Scott. 'Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/46687/two-waikato-chiefs (accessed 4 June 2026).