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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 . 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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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 4 June 2026).

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