[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 : Rauparaha. Chief Capiti. &c. &c. Principal chief of all New Zealand. [1843?]

Reference number: A-286-012

1 watercolour(s). Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm. Vertical image.
Drawings and Prints Collection, :

Source: http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz

On the 18 July 2009 I took part in a bus trip around sites of historical significance in the Otaki area.

Printed on front of mounting board, top right, with black ink: “P 67”

Written with blue ballpoint pen on piece of paper glued to back: “Te Rauparaha, 1842 – Pencil & Colour Painting by John Alexander Gilfillan. A.T.Lib: Ref. No. 41787 1/2 & 69361 1/2”

Black and white photo of a Pencil & Colour Painting by John Alexander Gilfillan of Te Rauparaha, 1842.

1 B&W photo print copy, mounted.

RESTRICTED PHOTOGRAPH

Used in book – ‘Horowhenua County and its People’, page 27

Any use of this image must be accompanied by the credit “Horowhenua Historical Society Inc.”

On 27 October 1839 three significant events occurred which were to influence the course of our local history. On that day the last inter-tribal battle took place near Waikanae; Colonel William Wakefield arrived at Kapiti Island aboard the' 'Tory' to buy land; and the first European churchman, Octavius Hadfield arrived in Horowhenua to establish a mission station.

In the spring of 1822 Horowhenua was the scene of an assassination attempt on the life of the great Ngati Toa fighting chief Te Rauparaha. The plot was hatched at a meeting of the tribal leaders of the western North Island at a meeting on Kapiti Island and the attempt was carried out at Te Wi, a tiny village near Ohau which has long since disappeared from the map.