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Kōrero: He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence

Ngā kaihaina i te whakaputanga: Te Hāpuku

Signatories to the declaration: Te Hāpuku

I tangohia tēnei whakaahua o Te Hāpuku i te tekau tau 1830, nā James Wrigglesworth i tango. He rangatira nui a Te Hāpuku nō Ngāti Kahungunu,ā, i hainatia e ia te whakaputanga. Koia tētahi o ngā tāngata whakamutunga, ā, ko Te Wherowhero te whakamutunga i te tau 1839.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PA2-1953

by James Dacie Wrigglesworth

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.

Ngā whakaahua me ngā rauemi katoa o tēnei kōrero

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Basil Keane, He Whakaputanga – Declaration of Independence – Background to the declaration, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/35118/nga-kaihaina-i-te-whakaputanga-te-hapuku (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Basil Keane, i tāngia i te 28 May 2012.

Comments


06 July 2016
Thanks, Mel. I've updated the caption to '1860s' now.
Mel
19 June 2016
hi Te Ara. I really doubt this was taken in the 1830s. First recorded attempt at photography in NZ was 1848, photography itself generally accepted as starting 1839. The photographer here didn't start until 1863 (see ATL record http://natlib.govt.nz/items/22379295; Auckland Photographers database etc) ATL record for this image cites c.1865 as the date. Cheers Mel PS sorry if i've already emailed about this. Hard to keep track if there's no reply.