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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.
Otorohanga Town Board, 1912
A 1912 photograph of the Otorohanga Town Board, with chairman John Ormsby seated in the centre.
Rewi Maniapoto in 1879
Photograph of Rewi Manga Maniapoto taken by Elizabeth Pulman in June 1879.
Wahanui Huatare
Biography of this Ngati Maniapoto leader
John Ormsby
Rewi Maniapoto
A famous Ngāti Maniapoto warrior, leader and supporter of the King Movement who's exploits in the Waikato War have been immortalised in book and film
First sod lifted on the main trunk railway
This photo was taken to mark the digging of the first sod for the main trunk railway in Ngati Maniapoto territory, 15 April 1885. The group stands at the confiscation line at the southern bank of the Puniu River.
Turning the first sod - North Island main trunk line
On 15 April 1885 the first sod of the central section of the main trunk was turned near the Puniu River, south of Te Awamutu, by Premier Robert Stout.
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