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Kōrero: Musket wars

Te tūtanga o Hongi Hika

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Hongi Hika injured

Kei te 1827 pikitia nei a Augustus Earle e whakaatu ana i te rangatira nō Ngāpuhi ā Hongi Hika (kei waenganui ia e mau raukura hui ki ōna makawe ana me tētahi korowai itiiti te tae) kei tētahi hui tata ki Kororāreka. I poua ia ki tētahi kariri ngutu pārera i tētahi pakanga ana kātahi ka whara. Ko te mea kē kāore ia i te mau i ōna kākahu ārai, nā Kīngi Hōri IV i koha ki a ia, ngā kākahu ārai i pare atu i ngā kariri ngutu pārera. Nā te kino o te kaiākiko o Hongi ka mate ia i te tau o muri mai.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: G-707

by Augustus Earle

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.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, Musket wars – Warfare from the north, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/38083/te-tutanga-o-hongi-hika (accessed 28 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 23 May 2012.