The story of Te Kooti 1868-73

Te Kooti was a Māori leader and founder of the Ringatū religious movement. He was exiled to the Chatham Islands in 1866, but escaped two years later and successfully evaded government authorities in the central North Island and East Coast regions. SCIS no. 1966150 

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Banner possibly used by Te Kooti
Banner possibly used by Te Kooti
On June 5 1866 Te Kooti was deported to the Chatham Islands. Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki was a Christian Māori who joined the government forces in fighting Pai Mārire in November 1865. But when ...
Articles
Papers relating to the escape of Māori prisoners from the Chatham Islands
Accounts on the escape of Te Kooti and the Hauhau prisoners from Chatham Islands.
Images
Prisoners exiled to the Chatham Islands
Prisoners exiled to the Chatham Islands
In 1865 many Māori at Tūranganui-a-Kiwa were converted to the Pai Mārire (Hauhau) faith and clashed with government forces. Prisoners taken by the government were exiled to the Chatham Islands. Inc...
Images
Martin, Alfred, fl 1866-1899 :Waitangi, Chatham Islands
Waitangi, Chatham Islands
This photo taken by Alfred Martin of the Chatham Islands shows Te Kooti’s jail behind the courthouse with a flag in front of it. Te Kooti was arrested in 1866 for warning local Pai Mārire of action...
Maps
War campaigns
War campaigns
This North Island map plots the Hauhau campaign and Te Kooti campaign from the New Zealand Wars.
Images
The Te Kooti trail, 1927
The Te Kooti trail, 1927
The poster for Rudall Hayward's 1927 silent film The Te Kooti trail carries the slogan 'Stopped by the N.Z. film censor'. The film's release was held up after the film censor arranged for a special...
Books
The Facts about Te Kooti … — How Injustice Made a Rebel. — The True Story of His Transportation - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 9 (December 1, 1938)
(By James Cowan.) [All Rights Reserved.] A Meeting-house of the Urewera (Tuhoe) adherents of Te Kooti at Ruatoki, Whakatane Valley. We saw a good deal of Te Kooti Rikirangi and his people in the ‘...
Articles
Te Kooti's war - Te Kooti's war
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūrukiwas one of the most significant Māori leaders of the 19th century. For nearly four years he waged a guerrilla war unlike any previous conflict in the New Zealand Wars. ...
Articles
TE KOOTI IN THE KING COUNTRY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 26 March 1959)
TE KOOTI IN THE KING COUNTRY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 26 March 1959)
Te Ao Hou was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department in New Zealand Aotearoa. According to its first editorial, Te Ao Hou aimed to provide interesting and informative reading f...
Images
Te Kooti Chair, Urewera
Te Kooti Chair, Urewera
A woman in hat and coat sits on a lichen-covered rock in the shape of a chair. A tree in front of her bears the sign "Te Kooti Chair". A dirt road winds behind.
Other
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki
Images
Ruakituri NZ Wars memorial
Ruakituri NZ Wars memorial
The Gisborne District Police erected this memorial cairn in Ruakituri Cemetery Reserve. In both Maori and English, the memorial recounts the events that led up to the fighting at Ruakituri on 8 Aug...
Images
Grants of land to Rewi and Te Kooti
Grants of land to Rewi and Te Kooti
Videos
Te Kooti’s whip
Te Kooti’s whip
Wiremu McCormack, from the Ngāti Tamatea people of Waiōtahe, outlines how Te Kooti’s whip was planted and grew into a poplar tree. He says: Ka haramai a Te Kooti i runga i tana hoiho. Katahi ka pou...
Stories
Ringatū
Ringatū
A set of images, articles and a research paper on Ringatū, the religion founded by Te Kooti.
Stories
Ngātapa - December 1868 to January 1869
A set of images, articles and a video on the battle between Colonel Whitmore and his forces against Te Kooti and his patrol at Ngātapa.
Articles
Te Kooti goes to Te Kūiti - Te Kooti's war
Te Kooti was invited to the King Country only if he came in peace. He responded defiantly that he was coming to ‘assume himself the supreme authority which he coming direct from God was entitled to’.
Stories
Te Pōrere - October 1869: The last major battle
This is a set of images and articles on the battle at Te Pōrere- said to be the last of the major battles of the New Zealand Wars.
Images
Wife of Te Kooti
Wife of Te Kooti
Carte de visite portrait of a Maori woman, referred to on the negative as "one of Te Kuti's wives", taken, probably in the 1870s, by Samuel Carnell of Napier. Dated from Carnell's use of the wet c...
Newspapers
TE KOOTI PARDONED. (Clutha Leader, 16 February 1883)
Newspapers
WHY TE KOOTI WAS PARDONED. (Grey River Argus, 27 April 1883)
Books
How Te Kooti Gained a Pardon - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
As the Hall Government was anxious to obtain railway access through the King Country it set about to gain King Tawhiao's goodwill by placing on the Statute Book a measure enabling it to grant an am...
Newspapers
THE UREWERA DESERT TE KOOTI. (Daily Southern Cross, 02 August 1869)
Manuscripts
Sketch of Te Kooti made at Te Teko
Sketch of Te Kooti made at Te Teko
Pen and pencil drawing of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki with some additional annotations. The sketch is page 91 of the notebook. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ink and pencil 170 x 98 mm
Images
Te Kooti
Te Kooti
linocut 340 x 325 mm - inscribed l/l Te Kooti Series 1 3/12 signature l/r Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, The Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest, purchased 2013
Images
The meeting of Josiah Firth with Te Kooti
The meeting of Josiah Firth with Te Kooti
The meeting of J.C. Firth with Te Kooti near Matamata.
Images
Plan of Ngatapa Pā, 1868-69
Plan of Ngatapa Pā, 1868-69
In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki and nearly 300 other mostly East Coast Māori escaped from the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri) and made their way back to the mainland. This group, known as t...
Images
Maori rebel flag: Flag of Te Kooti, 1870
Maori rebel flag: Flag of Te Kooti, 1870
Images
Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Photograph of Captain Mair's Flying Column returning after the fight with Te Kooti at redoubt at Kaiterira, Lake Rotokakahi
Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Photograph of Captain Mair's Flying Column returning after the fight with Te Kooti at redoubt at Kaiterira, Lake Rotokakahi
Twenty one members of Captain Mair's Arawa Flying Column, returning after a fight with Te Kooti, photographed at the redoubt at Kaiteriria Pā, Lake Rotokakahi, February, 1870. Photograph taken by D...
Images
Redoubt at Onepoto
Redoubt at Onepoto
Redoubt at Onepoto, on the shore of Lake Waikaremoana, 1874. Photographer unidentified. From Wises New Zealand Guide a Gazetteer of New Zealand, 1987, page 297: "...an Armed Constabulary redoubt b...
Newspapers
PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1871 Session I — F-01 PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
Newspapers
TE KOOTI. (Marlborough Express, 21 February 1883)
Images
Te Pōrere redoubt
Te Pōrere redoubt
Te Pōrere redoubt was 'reconstructed' by the Historic Places Trust around 1960
Articles
East Coast/Central Plateau 1865/1872
Te Kooti’s campaign timeline on the East Coast and Central Plateau.
Books
The upraised hand or the spiritual significance of the Ringatū faith
William Greenwood writes about the impact of western civilisation on Māori and the beginning of the Ringatū movement.
Articles
The report on the Turanganui a Kiwa claims (Volume I)
A report on the Crown takeover of land in Turanga includes East Coast legislation, Te Kooti and the Whakarau, Taranga Deed of cession 1868, trial of Hamiora Pere, Native Land Act 1873, among other ...
Images
Te Kooti's Little Spree
Te Kooti's Little Spree
'Te Kooti's little spree, as told by extracts from telegrams and the daily papers'.
Images
Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti
A group of Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti around 1934.
Videos
Rongowhakaata remember ancestors killed at Ōweta
Te Tairāwhiti, descendants have gathered to unveil a memorial stone to honour their ancestors killed by Te Kooti and his followers.
Images
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
This bone club (kotiate) was carried by Te Kooti and the tomahawk (pātītī) was carried by Peka Makarini – one of Te Kooti’s trusted lieutenants. These weapons were designed for close combat. Europ...
Articles
Wai 894: Te Urewera Pre-publication Part I
On 9 April 2009, the Waitangi Tribunal released part I of its report into the Treaty claims of the iwi and hapu of Te Urewera district. The report also examines the confiscation of Tuhoe land in t...
Articles
Native affairs - Tūhoe and Te Kooti's history reclaimed
Tūhoe’s story on why they provided support for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki.
Books
Redemption Songs: A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
The significant award-winning biography of Te Kooti by Judith Binney. Read this book from The New Zealand History Collection (BWB) available through EPIC. School login may be required.
Newspapers
TE KOOTI RIKIRANGI. (Otago Daily Times 20-6-1914)
The arrest and last days of Te Kooti
In this article Colonel Porter writes about his pursuit of Te Kooti in Opotiki, then his face-to-face meeting with him to persuade him to give himself up peacefully and to give up his plans to trav...
Newspapers
TE KOOTI'S BODY. (Clutha Leader 15-2-1910)
Te Kooti’s body
Te Kooti died on 17 April 1893 at Te Karaka. He was first buried in Maromahue in Waiotake. Later on, his grave was opened and his coffin taken away. Māori at that time believed that he had risen fr...
Images
[Ryan, Thomas], 1864-1927 :Te Kooti's sacred house at Te Whaiti called Ko Whakaari Eripi which is one of the most sacred worshipping whares in the Urewera Country. Anyone taking matches, pipes, or tobacco into this whare have them immediately confiscated if found on their person, and Te Kooti says the offence is punishable by the Atua. [1891].
Ko Whakaari Eripi
Ko Whakaari Eripi at Te Whaiti was opened by Te Kooti in 1884. It was supposed to be Te Kooti’s most sacred whare in Te Urewera country. Matches, pipes and tobacco were prohibited inside this house...
Images
[Mair, Gilbert] 1843-1923 :Te Kooti's flag, Te Wepu [1921?]
Te Kooti's flag, Te Wepu
According to Judith Binney’s book “Redemption Songs,” this flag came into Te Kooti’s possession when he captured it in 1868. Te Kooti called it Te Wepu (the whip) because of the crackling noise it ...
Images
Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869 :Waiparu-paru. Mohaka 1860 Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' Public House in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the distance.
Mohaka April 1869
On 10 April, on his way to Te Huki pā in Mohaka, Te Kooti attacked settlements in the surrounding area. He did this to stock up on food supplies and ammunition, and for revenge against tribes that ...
Audio
The prison on Chatham Islands
Albert Tuuta discusses the prison on Chatham Islands built for Te Kooti – and why he may not have been locked up.
Books
The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
Vincent O'Malley's book provides a highly accessible introduction to the New Zealand Wars, including ‘The pursuit of Te Kooti, 1868-72’. Read this book from the New Zealand History Collection (BWB...
Articles
Te Kooti jailed on trumped-up charges
Followers viewed Te Kooti as a prophet, which he denied, but today he is acknowledged as such by the Ringatū Church. View this article on Australia New Zealand reference Centre (Plus) available t...
Images
View of Harema Pah by Thomas Ryan
View of Harema Pah where Te Kooti had left a number of his followers on his way to Ruatahuna.
Articles
The arrest of Te Kooti
Outlines the events in the life of Te Kooti subsequent to his proposed visit to Poverty Bay. Details the reaction of the public and the government to the visit, and his arrest and imprisonment that...
Websites
WWW
EPIC
Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic, Australia New Zealand Reference Centre (Plus), New Zealand History Collection (BWB). School login may be ...
Videos
Te Kooti – voices from the Iwi
Speakers from several iwi challenge myths and share kōrero about Te Kooti's positive influence on their lives.
Videos
Land ownership
See major Crown acquisitions since 1840, including confiscations after the New Zealand Wars and peak Native Land Court era.
Audio
Te Kooti's manuscripts displayed for the first time
Hamish Cardwell speaks with Richard Niania, whose great-great- grandfather was handed manuscripts written by Te Kooti in 1869.
Books
Captain Thomas’ account of the career of Te Kooti
An account of Māori prisoners sent to the Chathams, Te Kooti’s capture of the 'Rifleman', landing in Poverty Bay, the Poverty Bay massacre, and subsequent hunting of Te Kooti.
Articles
Ark of salvation – Te Kooti lands a new religion
The commandeered schooner makes landfall at Whareongaonga, and a new religion called Ringatū is born. View this article on New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe requir...
Articles
The New Zealand Wars
This page from Many Answers will guide you to reviewed websites and databases on the New Zealand Wars.
Images
Archives New Zealand images
Images from Archives New Zealand on the conflict over sovereignty and land between government forces and Māori.
Manuscripts
Letter from Te Kooti Te Turuki to Karanama
Letter from Te Kooti Te Turuki to Karanama
Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf). Physical Description: Mss and partial photocopy
Images
Te Kooti in 1887
Te Kooti in 1887
Portrait of Te Kooti, possibly at Rotorua in 1887.
Images
Photographer unknown :Portrait of wives of Te Kooti and Topia
Photographer unknown :Portrait of wives of Te Kooti and Topia
Maata Te Owai, seated, wife of Te Kooti, with Makarena Ngarewa, wife of Topia Turoa. Probably taken at the time of Te Kooti's trial in Wellington, 1869. Information taken from 'Tangata Whenua: An ...
Images
Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[Portrait of Te Kooti. 1889 or 1891?]
Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[Portrait of Te Kooti. 1889 or 1891?]
Frontal head and shoulders portrait, said to be of Te Kooti. He is shown with a full head of white hair, a white beard and moustache, glowing eyes, and huia feathers in his hair. He is wearing a f...
Images
Plan illustrating the operations at Ngatapa Pā, 1884
Plan illustrating the operations at Ngatapa Pā, 1884
In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki and nearly 300 other mostly East Coast Māori escaped from the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri) and made their way back to the mainland. This group, known as t...
Newspapers
THE WAR ON THE EAST COAST. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVESTMENT OF NGATAPA. THE ENEMY REPULSED BY MAJOR FRASER. THE HON. J. 0. RICHMOND TURNED CARTER, THE ENEMY REFUSE TO SEND OUT THEIR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ' THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN BROWN. SORTIES BY THE HAUHAUS REPULSED. SUB-INSPECTOR CAPEL WOUNDED. CLOSER INVESTMENT OF NGATAPA. FALL OF THE STRONGHOLD. OUR CASUALTIES : 2 OFFICERS AND 20 MEN. (FBOM A CORRESPONDENT.) (Daily Southern Cross, 14 January 1869)
Videos
Ruapekapeka
These stories of Ruapekapeka also includes an animation of the Ruapekapeka pa.
Articles
Looking back on the Northern War will help inform Ngāpuhi's future
The battle of Ruapekapeka fought in January 1846, was the final engagement in the war that Britain lost, as James Belich famously described it
Articles
Ngāpuhi: early European contact
In 1845 and 1846 Ngāpuhi fought against the British Crown after dissatisfaction about the Treaty of Waitangi, the encroachment of European settlers, and increasing British control over their affairs.
Websites
WWW
EPIC
Find more information on this topic on EPIC. Databases recommended: New Zealand Geographic, Australia New Zealand Reference Centre (Plus), New Zealand History Collection (BWB). School login may be ...
Videos
British soldiers' mass grave uncovered at Ruapekapeka
The lost mass grave of 12 British soldiers from the country's first major battlefield has been uncovered in Northland more than 170 years after the Battle of Ruapekapeka.
Audio
Peeni Henare - stories of Ruapekapeka
This online project called Stories of Ruapekapeka captures Māori and Pakeha views of the Northern War.
Images
Flintlock musket
This musket is embellished with a brass plate engraved with the words 'Taken in Kawittis [sic] Pah, Ruapekapeka, New Zealand January 11th 1846'.
Videos
Traditional haka performed at Ruapekapeka commemorations
This day commemorates the end of the Northern Wars 170 years ago, with the Battle of Ruapekapeka.
Books
The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
Vincent O'Malley's book introduces the causes, events and consequences of the Northern War (1845-46). This book is available to read online from the New Zealand History Collection (BWB), available...
Articles
Kawiti's chant
“The sorrow of love wells up within me, strikes at my heartstrings for the people who have turned away to find their shelter under the Queen…”
Newspapers
John Marion
A first-hand account of fighting in the Northern Wars by John Marion (Jacky) the “Hokianga pakeha Māori.”
Images
"The last shot fired at Te Kooti's Hauhaus by the Arawa."
"The last shot fired at Te Kooti's Hauhaus by the Arawa."
One Arawa Maori points into the distance while the other Maori crouches and aims his rifle at Te Kooti's Hauhaus. They are shown on the left of the image surrounded by bush and forest. In the far r...
Images
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini.
Images
Te Kooti defeats Captain Wistrup's Force, 1868
Te Kooti defeats Captain Wistrup's Force, 1868
“I reget to inform you that the volunteer force under Captain Westrup (in the absence of Capt Briggs) was yesterday engaged with the Hau Hau escaped prisoners…” In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te...
Other
The pursuit of Te Kooti
On 10 July 1868, the prophet Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki landed south of Poverty Bay with 298 followers. Four months later he and his followers attacked Matawhero, killing more than 50 people, bo...
Images
Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house
Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house
Te Whai-a-te-Motu (‘the pursuit through the island’) was opened on 11 April 1888 at Ruatāhuna to commemorate the pursuit of Te Kooti Arikirangi by government forces through the Urewera. It is the w...
Images
Armed Constabulary posts: Ōpepe, 1870s
Armed Constabulary posts: Ōpepe, 1870s
An advance party of the Māori prophet and military leader Te Kooti killed a number of volunteer cavalry at Ōpepe, on the Napier–Taupō road, in 1869. Soon afterwards a chain of fortified police post...
Stories
War in the Waikato ( 1863 - 1865)
War in the Waikato ( 1863 - 1865)
A series of images, articles, videos on the Waikato War fought between 1863 and 1864.
Images
Banner possibly used by Te Kooti
Banner possibly used by Te Kooti
On June 5 1866 Te Kooti was deported to the Chatham Islands. Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki was a Christian Māori who joined the government forces in fighting Pai Mārire in November 1865. But when ...
Articles
Papers relating to the escape of Māori prisoners from the Chatham Islands
Accounts on the escape of Te Kooti and the Hauhau prisoners from Chatham Islands.
Images
Prisoners exiled to the Chatham Islands
Prisoners exiled to the Chatham Islands
In 1865 many Māori at Tūranganui-a-Kiwa were converted to the Pai Mārire (Hauhau) faith and clashed with government forces. Prisoners taken by the government were exiled to the Chatham Islands. Inc...
Images
Martin, Alfred, fl 1866-1899 :Waitangi, Chatham Islands
Waitangi, Chatham Islands
This photo taken by Alfred Martin of the Chatham Islands shows Te Kooti’s jail behind the courthouse with a flag in front of it. Te Kooti was arrested in 1866 for warning local Pai Mārire of action...
Maps
War campaigns
War campaigns
This North Island map plots the Hauhau campaign and Te Kooti campaign from the New Zealand Wars.
Images
The Te Kooti trail, 1927
The Te Kooti trail, 1927
The poster for Rudall Hayward's 1927 silent film The Te Kooti trail carries the slogan 'Stopped by the N.Z. film censor'. The film's release was held up after the film censor arranged for a special...
Books
The Facts about Te Kooti … — How Injustice Made a Rebel. — The True Story of His Transportation - The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 9 (December 1, 1938)
(By James Cowan.) [All Rights Reserved.] A Meeting-house of the Urewera (Tuhoe) adherents of Te Kooti at Ruatoki, Whakatane Valley. We saw a good deal of Te Kooti Rikirangi and his people in the ‘...
Articles
Te Kooti's war - Te Kooti's war
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūrukiwas one of the most significant Māori leaders of the 19th century. For nearly four years he waged a guerrilla war unlike any previous conflict in the New Zealand Wars. ...
Articles
TE KOOTI IN THE KING COUNTRY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 26 March 1959)
TE KOOTI IN THE KING COUNTRY - (Te Ao Hou - No. 26 March 1959)
Te Ao Hou was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Maori Affairs Department in New Zealand Aotearoa. According to its first editorial, Te Ao Hou aimed to provide interesting and informative reading f...
Images
Te Kooti Chair, Urewera
Te Kooti Chair, Urewera
A woman in hat and coat sits on a lichen-covered rock in the shape of a chair. A tree in front of her bears the sign "Te Kooti Chair". A dirt road winds behind.
Other
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki
Images
Ruakituri NZ Wars memorial
Ruakituri NZ Wars memorial
The Gisborne District Police erected this memorial cairn in Ruakituri Cemetery Reserve. In both Maori and English, the memorial recounts the events that led up to the fighting at Ruakituri on 8 Aug...
Images
Grants of land to Rewi and Te Kooti
Grants of land to Rewi and Te Kooti
Videos
Te Kooti’s whip
Te Kooti’s whip
Wiremu McCormack, from the Ngāti Tamatea people of Waiōtahe, outlines how Te Kooti’s whip was planted and grew into a poplar tree. He says: Ka haramai a Te Kooti i runga i tana hoiho. Katahi ka pou...
Stories
Ringatū
Ringatū
A set of images, articles and a research paper on Ringatū, the religion founded by Te Kooti.
Stories
Ngātapa - December 1868 to January 1869
A set of images, articles and a video on the battle between Colonel Whitmore and his forces against Te Kooti and his patrol at Ngātapa.
Articles
Te Kooti goes to Te Kūiti - Te Kooti's war
Te Kooti was invited to the King Country only if he came in peace. He responded defiantly that he was coming to ‘assume himself the supreme authority which he coming direct from God was entitled to’.
Stories
Te Pōrere - October 1869: The last major battle
This is a set of images and articles on the battle at Te Pōrere- said to be the last of the major battles of the New Zealand Wars.
Images
Wife of Te Kooti
Wife of Te Kooti
Carte de visite portrait of a Maori woman, referred to on the negative as "one of Te Kuti's wives", taken, probably in the 1870s, by Samuel Carnell of Napier. Dated from Carnell's use of the wet c...
Newspapers
TE KOOTI PARDONED. (Clutha Leader, 16 February 1883)
Newspapers
WHY TE KOOTI WAS PARDONED. (Grey River Argus, 27 April 1883)
Books
How Te Kooti Gained a Pardon - Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
As the Hall Government was anxious to obtain railway access through the King Country it set about to gain King Tawhiao's goodwill by placing on the Statute Book a measure enabling it to grant an am...
Newspapers
THE UREWERA DESERT TE KOOTI. (Daily Southern Cross, 02 August 1869)
Manuscripts
Sketch of Te Kooti made at Te Teko
Sketch of Te Kooti made at Te Teko
Pen and pencil drawing of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki with some additional annotations. The sketch is page 91 of the notebook. Quantity: 1 page. Physical Description: Ink and pencil 170 x 98 mm
Images
Te Kooti
Te Kooti
linocut 340 x 325 mm - inscribed l/l Te Kooti Series 1 3/12 signature l/r Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, The Ilene and Laurence Dakin Bequest, purchased 2013
Images
The meeting of Josiah Firth with Te Kooti
The meeting of Josiah Firth with Te Kooti
The meeting of J.C. Firth with Te Kooti near Matamata.
Images
Plan of Ngatapa Pā, 1868-69
Plan of Ngatapa Pā, 1868-69
In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki and nearly 300 other mostly East Coast Māori escaped from the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri) and made their way back to the mainland. This group, known as t...
Images
Maori rebel flag: Flag of Te Kooti, 1870
Maori rebel flag: Flag of Te Kooti, 1870
Images
Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Photograph of Captain Mair's Flying Column returning after the fight with Te Kooti at redoubt at Kaiterira, Lake Rotokakahi
Mundy, Daniel Louis, 1826-1881: Photograph of Captain Mair's Flying Column returning after the fight with Te Kooti at redoubt at Kaiterira, Lake Rotokakahi
Twenty one members of Captain Mair's Arawa Flying Column, returning after a fight with Te Kooti, photographed at the redoubt at Kaiteriria Pā, Lake Rotokakahi, February, 1870. Photograph taken by D...
Images
Redoubt at Onepoto
Redoubt at Onepoto
Redoubt at Onepoto, on the shore of Lake Waikaremoana, 1874. Photographer unidentified. From Wises New Zealand Guide a Gazetteer of New Zealand, 1987, page 297: "...an Armed Constabulary redoubt b...
Newspapers
PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
AtoJs Online — Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives — 1871 Session I — F-01 PAPERS RELATIVE TO SURRENDER OF REBEL NATIVES AND EXPEDITIONS IN SEARCH OF TE KOOTI.
Newspapers
TE KOOTI. (Marlborough Express, 21 February 1883)
Images
Te Pōrere redoubt
Te Pōrere redoubt
Te Pōrere redoubt was 'reconstructed' by the Historic Places Trust around 1960
Articles
East Coast/Central Plateau 1865/1872
Te Kooti’s campaign timeline on the East Coast and Central Plateau.
Books
The upraised hand or the spiritual significance of the Ringatū faith
William Greenwood writes about the impact of western civilisation on Māori and the beginning of the Ringatū movement.
Articles
The report on the Turanganui a Kiwa claims (Volume I)
A report on the Crown takeover of land in Turanga includes East Coast legislation, Te Kooti and the Whakarau, Taranga Deed of cession 1868, trial of Hamiora Pere, Native Land Act 1873, among other ...
Images
Te Kooti's Little Spree
Te Kooti's Little Spree
'Te Kooti's little spree, as told by extracts from telegrams and the daily papers'.
Images
Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti
A group of Boy Scouts on the trail of Te Kooti around 1934.
Videos
Rongowhakaata remember ancestors killed at Ōweta
Te Tairāwhiti, descendants have gathered to unveil a memorial stone to honour their ancestors killed by Te Kooti and his followers.
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Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
This bone club (kotiate) was carried by Te Kooti and the tomahawk (pātītī) was carried by Peka Makarini – one of Te Kooti’s trusted lieutenants. These weapons were designed for close combat. Europ...
Articles
Wai 894: Te Urewera Pre-publication Part I
On 9 April 2009, the Waitangi Tribunal released part I of its report into the Treaty claims of the iwi and hapu of Te Urewera district. The report also examines the confiscation of Tuhoe land in t...
Articles
Native affairs - Tūhoe and Te Kooti's history reclaimed
Tūhoe’s story on why they provided support for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki.
Books
Redemption Songs: A Life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki
The significant award-winning biography of Te Kooti by Judith Binney. Read this book from The New Zealand History Collection (BWB) available through EPIC. School login may be required.
Newspapers
TE KOOTI RIKIRANGI. (Otago Daily Times 20-6-1914)
The arrest and last days of Te Kooti
In this article Colonel Porter writes about his pursuit of Te Kooti in Opotiki, then his face-to-face meeting with him to persuade him to give himself up peacefully and to give up his plans to trav...
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TE KOOTI'S BODY. (Clutha Leader 15-2-1910)
Te Kooti’s body
Te Kooti died on 17 April 1893 at Te Karaka. He was first buried in Maromahue in Waiotake. Later on, his grave was opened and his coffin taken away. Māori at that time believed that he had risen fr...
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[Ryan, Thomas], 1864-1927 :Te Kooti's sacred house at Te Whaiti called Ko Whakaari Eripi which is one of the most sacred worshipping whares in the Urewera Country. Anyone taking matches, pipes, or tobacco into this whare have them immediately confiscated if found on their person, and Te Kooti says the offence is punishable by the Atua. [1891].
Ko Whakaari Eripi
Ko Whakaari Eripi at Te Whaiti was opened by Te Kooti in 1884. It was supposed to be Te Kooti’s most sacred whare in Te Urewera country. Matches, pipes and tobacco were prohibited inside this house...
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[Mair, Gilbert] 1843-1923 :Te Kooti's flag, Te Wepu [1921?]
Te Kooti's flag, Te Wepu
According to Judith Binney’s book “Redemption Songs,” this flag came into Te Kooti’s possession when he captured it in 1868. Te Kooti called it Te Wepu (the whip) because of the crackling noise it ...
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Cooper, Alfred John 1831-1869 :Waiparu-paru. Mohaka 1860 Mouth of Mohaka. Sims' Public House in foreground. Riddle's woolshed and craft in the distance.
Mohaka April 1869
On 10 April, on his way to Te Huki pā in Mohaka, Te Kooti attacked settlements in the surrounding area. He did this to stock up on food supplies and ammunition, and for revenge against tribes that ...
Audio
The prison on Chatham Islands
Albert Tuuta discusses the prison on Chatham Islands built for Te Kooti – and why he may not have been locked up.
Books
The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
Vincent O'Malley's book provides a highly accessible introduction to the New Zealand Wars, including ‘The pursuit of Te Kooti, 1868-72’. Read this book from the New Zealand History Collection (BWB...
Articles
Te Kooti jailed on trumped-up charges
Followers viewed Te Kooti as a prophet, which he denied, but today he is acknowledged as such by the Ringatū Church. View this article on Australia New Zealand reference Centre (Plus) available t...
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View of Harema Pah by Thomas Ryan
View of Harema Pah where Te Kooti had left a number of his followers on his way to Ruatahuna.
Articles
The arrest of Te Kooti
Outlines the events in the life of Te Kooti subsequent to his proposed visit to Poverty Bay. Details the reaction of the public and the government to the visit, and his arrest and imprisonment that...
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Te Kooti – voices from the Iwi
Speakers from several iwi challenge myths and share kōrero about Te Kooti's positive influence on their lives.
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Land ownership
See major Crown acquisitions since 1840, including confiscations after the New Zealand Wars and peak Native Land Court era.
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Te Kooti's manuscripts displayed for the first time
Hamish Cardwell speaks with Richard Niania, whose great-great- grandfather was handed manuscripts written by Te Kooti in 1869.
Books
Captain Thomas’ account of the career of Te Kooti
An account of Māori prisoners sent to the Chathams, Te Kooti’s capture of the 'Rifleman', landing in Poverty Bay, the Poverty Bay massacre, and subsequent hunting of Te Kooti.
Articles
Ark of salvation – Te Kooti lands a new religion
The commandeered schooner makes landfall at Whareongaonga, and a new religion called Ringatū is born. View this article on New Zealand Geographic, available through EPIC. School login maybe requir...
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The New Zealand Wars
This page from Many Answers will guide you to reviewed websites and databases on the New Zealand Wars.
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Archives New Zealand images
Images from Archives New Zealand on the conflict over sovereignty and land between government forces and Māori.
Manuscripts
Letter from Te Kooti Te Turuki to Karanama
Letter from Te Kooti Te Turuki to Karanama
Quantity: 1 piece (2 pages on 1 leaf). Physical Description: Mss and partial photocopy
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Te Kooti in 1887
Te Kooti in 1887
Portrait of Te Kooti, possibly at Rotorua in 1887.
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Photographer unknown :Portrait of wives of Te Kooti and Topia
Photographer unknown :Portrait of wives of Te Kooti and Topia
Maata Te Owai, seated, wife of Te Kooti, with Makarena Ngarewa, wife of Topia Turoa. Probably taken at the time of Te Kooti's trial in Wellington, 1869. Information taken from 'Tangata Whenua: An ...
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Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[Portrait of Te Kooti. 1889 or 1891?]
Ryan, Thomas Aldworth, 1864-1927 :[Portrait of Te Kooti. 1889 or 1891?]
Frontal head and shoulders portrait, said to be of Te Kooti. He is shown with a full head of white hair, a white beard and moustache, glowing eyes, and huia feathers in his hair. He is wearing a f...
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Plan illustrating the operations at Ngatapa Pā, 1884
Plan illustrating the operations at Ngatapa Pā, 1884
In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki and nearly 300 other mostly East Coast Māori escaped from the Chatham Islands (Wharekauri) and made their way back to the mainland. This group, known as t...
Newspapers
THE WAR ON THE EAST COAST. DESCRIPTION OF THE INVESTMENT OF NGATAPA. THE ENEMY REPULSED BY MAJOR FRASER. THE HON. J. 0. RICHMOND TURNED CARTER, THE ENEMY REFUSE TO SEND OUT THEIR WOMEN AND CHILDREN. ' THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN BROWN. SORTIES BY THE HAUHAUS REPULSED. SUB-INSPECTOR CAPEL WOUNDED. CLOSER INVESTMENT OF NGATAPA. FALL OF THE STRONGHOLD. OUR CASUALTIES : 2 OFFICERS AND 20 MEN. (FBOM A CORRESPONDENT.) (Daily Southern Cross, 14 January 1869)
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Ruapekapeka
These stories of Ruapekapeka also includes an animation of the Ruapekapeka pa.
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Looking back on the Northern War will help inform Ngāpuhi's future
The battle of Ruapekapeka fought in January 1846, was the final engagement in the war that Britain lost, as James Belich famously described it
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Ngāpuhi: early European contact
In 1845 and 1846 Ngāpuhi fought against the British Crown after dissatisfaction about the Treaty of Waitangi, the encroachment of European settlers, and increasing British control over their affairs.
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British soldiers' mass grave uncovered at Ruapekapeka
The lost mass grave of 12 British soldiers from the country's first major battlefield has been uncovered in Northland more than 170 years after the Battle of Ruapekapeka.
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Peeni Henare - stories of Ruapekapeka
This online project called Stories of Ruapekapeka captures Māori and Pakeha views of the Northern War.
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Flintlock musket
This musket is embellished with a brass plate engraved with the words 'Taken in Kawittis [sic] Pah, Ruapekapeka, New Zealand January 11th 1846'.
Videos
Traditional haka performed at Ruapekapeka commemorations
This day commemorates the end of the Northern Wars 170 years ago, with the Battle of Ruapekapeka.
Books
The New Zealand Wars: Ngā Pakanga o Aotearoa
Vincent O'Malley's book introduces the causes, events and consequences of the Northern War (1845-46). This book is available to read online from the New Zealand History Collection (BWB), available...
Articles
Kawiti's chant
“The sorrow of love wells up within me, strikes at my heartstrings for the people who have turned away to find their shelter under the Queen…”
Newspapers
John Marion
A first-hand account of fighting in the Northern Wars by John Marion (Jacky) the “Hokianga pakeha Māori.”
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"The last shot fired at Te Kooti's Hauhaus by the Arawa."
"The last shot fired at Te Kooti's Hauhaus by the Arawa."
One Arawa Maori points into the distance while the other Maori crouches and aims his rifle at Te Kooti's Hauhaus. They are shown on the left of the image surrounded by bush and forest. In the far r...
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Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini
Weapons carried by Te Kooti and Peka Makarini.
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Te Kooti defeats Captain Wistrup's Force, 1868
Te Kooti defeats Captain Wistrup's Force, 1868
“I reget to inform you that the volunteer force under Captain Westrup (in the absence of Capt Briggs) was yesterday engaged with the Hau Hau escaped prisoners…” In July 1868 Te Kooti Arikirangi Te...
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The pursuit of Te Kooti
On 10 July 1868, the prophet Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki landed south of Poverty Bay with 298 followers. Four months later he and his followers attacked Matawhero, killing more than 50 people, bo...
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Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house
Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house
Te Whai-a-te-Motu (‘the pursuit through the island’) was opened on 11 April 1888 at Ruatāhuna to commemorate the pursuit of Te Kooti Arikirangi by government forces through the Urewera. It is the w...
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Armed Constabulary posts: Ōpepe, 1870s
Armed Constabulary posts: Ōpepe, 1870s
An advance party of the Māori prophet and military leader Te Kooti killed a number of volunteer cavalry at Ōpepe, on the Napier–Taupō road, in 1869. Soon afterwards a chain of fortified police post...
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War in the Waikato ( 1863 - 1865)
War in the Waikato ( 1863 - 1865)
A series of images, articles, videos on the Waikato War fought between 1863 and 1864.

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