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Biography: Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heru

Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi and her daughter Ngāpeka, Little Barrier Island, 1893

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Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi with her daughter

In 1893 Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi (right) and her family were in dispute with the Crown over the sale of their interests in Little Barrier Island; three years later they were forcibly evicted. She is shown here with her daughter Ngāpeka on Little Barrier Island in 1893.

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Angela Ballara. 'Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heru', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1993, updated January 2012. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2113/rahui-te-kiri-tenetahi-with-her-daughter (accessed 5 June 2026).