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Kōrero: Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi

Ko Paora Tūhaere, 1878

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Paora Tūhaere, 1878

He haumi ki te kāwanatanga mai i te tīmatanga o ngā 1840 te rangatira o Ngāti Whātua, a Paora Tūhaere, e kitea ana i roto i tēnei whakaahua i te tau 1878. I muri iho i puta mai tana āwangawanga mēnā ka mau tonu te Māori ki āna ake mahi. Mai i te tau 1879 i whakatūria e ia ētahi hui ki tana kāinga i Ōrākei, Tāmakimakaurau, ki te matapaki mēnā kua whakamanahia te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka tū a Tūhaere hei mema matua o te Kotahitanga, ko te whāinga he auaha i te pāremata Māori kia whai mana motuhake te Māori.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Claudia Orange, Te Tiriti o Waitangi – the Treaty of Waitangi – Māori responses to te tiriti – 1880 to 1900, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36366/ko-paora-tuhaere-1878 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Claudia Orange, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012, reviewed and revised 28 March 2023 me te āwhina o Claudia Orange. He mea whakamāori nā Basil Keane.