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Kōrero: Taranaki tribe

Near Te Namu

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Near Te Namu

This sketch shows Mt Taranaki (Mt Egmont) from the vicinity of Te Namu pā. Te Namu was an important stronghold of the Taranaki tribe. In 1833 its defenders, including the famed chief Wiremu Kīngi Te Matakātea, defeated an invading force of Waikato tribes.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: E-294-130/131

by Henry James Warre

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

Te Miringa Hōhaia, Taranaki tribe – Relationships with other tribes, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/3899/near-te-namu (accessed 14 July 2026).

He kōrero nā Te Miringa Hōhaia, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.