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Haurongo: Porter, Thomas William

Thomas William Porter (right) and pro-Government Māori troops outside a stockade, 1870

Thomas William Porter (right) and pro-Government Māori troops outside a stockade, 1870

Thomas William Porter's military background and command of the Māori language fitted him for the post of staff officer to Rāpata Wahawaha during the 1870 Urewera expeditions in pursuit of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, James Cowan Collection (PAColl-3033)

Reference: 1/2-011006; F

Photograph by James Cowan

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

J. A. B. Crawford. 'Porter, Thomas William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1694/thomas-william-porter-right-and-pro-government-maori-troops-outside-a-stockade-1870 (accessed 4 June 2026).