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Haurongo: Te Kawau, Āpihai

Āpihai Te Kawau

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Āpihai Te Kawau

This engraving of Ngāti Whātua chief Āpihai Te Kawau dates from 1842, a couple of years after he signed the Treaty of Waitangi at Manukau Harbour.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0076-174

Lithograph by Joseph Jenner Merrett

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ani Pihema rāua ko Ruby Kerei rāua ko Steven Oliver. 'Te Kawau, Āpihai', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/46686/apihai-te-kawau (accessed 4 June 2026).