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Story: Ngāti Raukawa

Waitohi’s tomb

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Waitohi’s tomb

Many Ngāti Raukawa moved south when, after rejecting Te Rauparaha’s invitation to settle, they accepted the invitation of his sister, Waitohi. This 1844 painting by George Angas is of Waitohi’s tomb on Mana Island. The carving was by Te Rangihaeata, Waitohi’s son.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-020-018

by George French Angas

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.

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Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, Ngāti Raukawa – 19th-century migrations, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/160/waitohis-tomb (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 March 2017.