Personal details
Full Name:
- Wahanui Huatare
Lifetime:
- ?–5 Dec 1897
Biography
Wahanui Huatare
Ngāti Maniapoto leader, Wahanui Huatare, was a notable tohunga (Māori spiritual expert) and an influential chief.
Read more...Events In History
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15 April 1885First sod dug for North Island main trunkPoliticians and Māori leaders ceremonially turned the ‘first sod’ of the central section of the main trunk line – a project that would take 23 years to complete. Read more...
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Main image: Wahanui Huatare
Portrait of Wahanui Huatare seated on the verandah of his house in Alexandra, 1885. He holds a staff in one hand. Taken by the Burton Brothers.