From the Ngati Kahungunu community of Mokai Patea. His portrait along with his wife (Raita Tuterangi) were commissioned at Hastings in 1885, when the couple posed for the photographs from which Lindauer painted their portraits [Source: www.lindaueronline.co.nz]
Te Naonao Paramena, active 1857-1885
Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims
Date: 1880
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-17
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as a lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters; also contains letters dealing with money-lending and the payment of legal fees and accounts Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Maori correspondence concerned mainly with land claims
Date: 1881-1882
From: Buller, Walter Lawry (Sir), 1838-1906 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0048-18
Description: Contains letters from Maori to Buller, in his capacity as lawyer, with regard to Maori land tenure and transactions, related financial matters, the payments of accounts for services provided, and other related issues Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available.
Searancke, William Nicholas, 1816-1903 : Papers
Date: 1847-1887
By: Searancke, William Nicholas, 1817?-1904
Reference: MS-Papers-0879
Description: Chiefly correspondence relating to Searancke's position as Resident Magistrate in the Waikato. Contains photocopies of other, unrelated, correspondence Language - Two letters in Maori, to William Colenso, 1 Nov 1847, and to Karaitiana, 17 Jul 1850 Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (105 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss and printed matter (photocopies)
Te Naonao, Paramene, fl 1857 : Account written from Heretaunga, of an accident that bef...
Date: 1857
By: Te Naonao Paramena, active 1857-1885
Reference: MS-Papers-1658
Description: Written in Maori from Heretaunga, with note in Elsdon Best's hand inside upper cover Contains details of the accident, where Te Naonao cut his foot with an axe, and the subsequent treatment that he received Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 volume, 11 pages). Physical Description: Ms 23cm (marbled boards)