From Whanganui area. Guide and interpreter to Gustavus Von Tempsky and party. Possibly killed in action on 14 January 1866, soon after Von Tempsky's last painting of him in a group portrait (7 January 1866). Husband of Lucy Takiora Lord.
Te Mahuki, -1866?
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[Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von] 1828-1868 :[Encampment of Chute's forces near Te Puta...
Date: 1866
By: Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von, 1828-1868; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: A-198-008
Description: Shows Von Tempsky, smoking a pipe and seated by the cartwheel in the foreground, with Dr I. E. Featherston standing behind him. Sergeant Birchfield may be the standing soldier on the left, guarding the group. Seated are Maori guide Te Mahuki and his wife Takeroa (Lucy). There is a horse standing by the cart on the right. There is a billy boiling on a campfire in the centre of the group of figures. The group is in the foreground looking out over an encampment at the right in mid-distance, with troops moving on lower further hills, and in the distance a hilltop fort or pa, with a flag flying. There is a cabbage tree in the left foreground. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 254 x 352 mm Provenance: Possibly collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull.
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From: Adkin, George Leslie, 1888-1964 : Papers and diaries
Reference: MS-Papers-0261-04/8
Description: Mainly concerning Maori artifacts. Includes catalogues, newspaper clippings, ms letters and price lists, ms of Maori war cries of 4 contingents Mar 1900, and photographs of curios Includes in catalogues Maori taonga (artifacts and curios) belonging to specific chiefs of the Taranaki and Waikato tribes. See below for names. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Photographs of Maori archefacts