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Biography: Tītokowaru, Riwha

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

In 1886 Te Whiti and Tītokowaru were tried for occupying a Taranaki settler's farm, as part of their continuing campaign of resistance to land confiscations; both were convicted and imprisoned.

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James Belich. 'Tītokowaru, Riwha', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated April 2011. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2109/sketches-from-the-1886-trial-of-erueti-te-whiti-o-rongomai-iii-top-right-and-riwha-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).