Personal details
Full Name:
- Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake, Wiremu Kingi
Lifetime:
- ?–13 Jan 1882
Biography
Wiremu Te Rangitake
Te Ati Awa leader Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke's refusal to give up his land at Waitara led to the outbreak of the Taranaki War. In later life joined the pacifist community at Parihaka.
Read more...Events In History
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17 March 1860First Taranaki War erupts at WaitaraThe opening shots of the first Taranaki War were fired when British troops attacked a pā built by the Te Āti Awa chief Te Rangitāke at Te Kohia, Waitara. Read more...
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Main image: Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke
Possibly a portrait of Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke, circa 1880. Taken by an unidentified photographer.
