Marked;Published by J.H.Bethune and co. Wellington 1965
Te Rangihaeta 1840 by Charles Heaphy, VC, Draughtsman to the New Zealand Company.
Original in possession of W.F. Airey, Esq, Lower Hutt. Printed by C.M. Banks Ltd
No. 449 of prints limited to 500.
Height 390mm
Width 280mm
Te Rangihaeata (c.1780s – 18 November 1855), was a Ngati Toa chief, nephew of Te Rauparaha. He had a leading part in the Wairau Affray and the Hutt Valley Campaign. He was born a Kawhia around 1780. His father Te Rakaherea was a war leader of his people and died at the Battle of Hingakaka fighting the Waikato and Ngati Maniapoto iwi. His mother was the elder sister of Te Rauparaha and an important ariki in her own right. Te Rangihaeata grew up in Te Rauparaha's shadow and became his trusted ally. Te Rauparaha was the strategist and negotiator while Te Rangihaeata tended to be the active warrior, and they were effective in conquering the various Maori iwi and hapu who lived in the modern Wellington and Nelson/Marlborough regions.