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Haurongo: Waitohi

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

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

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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

Teremoana Sparks rāua ko W. H. Oliver. 'Waitohi', 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-0 (accessed 24 June 2026).