Biography: Te Whakataupuka

A sketch of Te Whakataupuka by John Boultbee

Traveller and diarist John Boultbee made this portrait of Ngāi Tahu leader Te Whakataupuka about 1827.

Using this item

Reference: qMS-0257-02

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

Atholl Anderson. 'Te Whakataupuka', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2105/a-sketch-of-te-whakataupuka-by-john-boultbee (accessed 4 June 2026).