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Haurongo: Angas, George French

The tomb of Waitohi on Mana Island, by George French Angas

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The tomb of Waitohi on Mana Island, by George French Angas

In the 1840s George French Angas visited Mana Island and later published a sketch of the tomb of Waitohi, the influential leader of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, whose death sparked a battle between Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Raukawa.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-020-018

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

Moira M. Long. 'Angas, George French', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2131/the-tomb-of-waitohi-on-mana-island-by-george-french-angas (accessed 4 June 2026).