Nga Puhi warrior, trader. Originally named Whetoi. The son of Puhi of Ngati Manu. Connected by descent to Nga Puhi hapu Ngati Rangi, Ngati Rahiri and Ngati Hine, and to the independent tribe Ngati Wai. Converted to Christianity in 1814. Established pa and villages at Kororareka, Matauwhi, Otuihi, Wakare, and Te Karetu. Traded at Bay of Islands for tools and muskets. Waged war against East Coast tribes, and Auckland and Rotorua tribes. In 1824 fought against Ngati Kahungungu, and against the people of Heretaunga. In 1826, fought Waikato tribes and was killed about June 1826, at Te Rore, on the Waipa River. After death known as Pomarenui (Pomare the Great), to distinguish him from his nephew, the heir to his mana, Pomare II See DNZB (1990, Vol 1, 1769-1869, p345-346)
Pōmare I, Whetoi, -1826
Miscellaneous letters and papers
Date: 1864, [ca 1913-1933]
From: Polynesian Society: Records
Reference: 80-115-04A/04A
Description: Includes A short account of Ngapuhi raids on Ngatiporou under Hongi and Pomare, written by a Ngatiporou man, 1864; A story of Pomare of Ngatikuhungunu written by Te Wharetoroa of Te Arawa, submitted by George Graham; A story of Hine-Kiore of Te Arawa, written by Te Wharetoroa of that tribe; three Maori songs from T W Downes, and photograph and accompanying letter describing a 19th century Maori burial cave at Tawhata, Whanganui River, by Downes, 1916; unfinished article on stone carvings in Taranaki, by T G Hammond; The period of Hiro and Honokura: from Tahitian, Raiatean and Paumotuan accounts, by A Leverd; notes on Rarotongan and Mangaian words; Some Oceanic colour names, Notes on some Chamorro plant names, and Names of Mangaian string puzzles, all by F W Christian; also obituaries for Elsdon Best and Robert McNab, and other notes and correspondence Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Inventory available. Includes photograph of adzed totara coffins and relics, 1916; and photographed sketches of cosmology, and ships
Forbes, C S, fl 1845 :[Chart of the Kawakawa River, Bay of Islands] [copy of ms map]. C...
Date: 1845
By: Forbes, C S, active 1843; Great Britain. Public Record Office
Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1845/Acc.39283
Description: Hydrographic and topographic map of the Kawakawa River adjacent to Kawiti, Bay of Islands, Northland. Soundings are in feet and some topographic features are described. Pa sites are referred to as Pomare's old and new Pah, Kawiti's old and new Pah. Pumukus Place is marked, as is the site of a Pa with the name of Tamati Pukututu. Bluffs along the river are marked, also marshy land and a village. The Waikadi River [sic] is named. Title assigned by cataloguer Pencilled note on top left: [Chart of the Kawakawa River, Bay of Islands]. Copy of original held in 'Maps from Colonial & War Office Papers pertaining to New Zealand'. Scale of original: [1:63 360]. Numbers on original on top left: 847 and 421 Note on top right: Soundings are in feet. Bearings magnetic Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 36.7 x 56.6 cm. on sheet 46.3 x 65.4 cm.
Photographs of paintings of Tamati Waka Nene and Whetoi Pomare
Date: [ca 1970]
From: Wells, Robert E, 1905-2006 :Photographic negatives, prints and transparencies of the Mokau and other rural North Island districts, and scenic views of New Zealand
Reference: PA12-7191
Description: Photographs of Charles Goldie's portrait of Tamati Waka Nene and Gottfried Lindauer's portrait of Whetoi Pomare, taken ca 1970 by Robert E Wells Quantity: 3 colour original transparency/ies. Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies
Sainson, Louis Auguste de, b 1800 :Neu-Seeland. T.27. Hutte aus der Tolaga-Bay (6 Fuss ...
Date: 1788
By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Brodtmann, Karl Joseph, 1787-1862
Reference: A-464-033
Description: Shows vignettes of three Maori whare, one in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast, and two in the Bay of Islands. The latter two have decorative carving around the windows and doors and on the maihi, or diagonal bargeboards. The hut is unadorned The chieftan Pomare could refer to Pomare I, originally named Whetoi, who established pa in the Bay of Islands in the late 18th and early 19th centuries Other Titles - New Zealand. Hut in Tolaga Bay (6 feet high). House belonging to a Bay of Islands chieftan (6 feet high). House belonging to the chieftan Pomare, in the Bay of Islands (8 feet high) [translation] Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842. Entdeckungs-Reise der franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe ... aus dem Franzosischen mit einem lithographirten Atlas. Schaffhausen [Switzerland], in J. Brodtmann's lithograpischen Anstalt, [1836? Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on wove paper, 260 x 360 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2014
[Williams, John] d 1905 :[View of Pomare's new pah at the Karetu off the Kawa Kawa Rive...
Date: 1845
By: Williams, John, -1905?
Reference: A-079-013
Description: A stream with three canoes in the foreground, raupo growing at the water's edge, pa buildings on the left, a bush-clad hill rising behind. In the background are other whare, a steep hill topped with a defensive pa with fences at three levels and someone on a maypole-type swing Compare the watercolour by Cyprian Bridge of which this is a copy at A-079-002 Other Titles - Kawakawa Inscriptions: Verso - title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash and Chinese white, 253 x 367 mm
Sainson, Louis Auguste de 1800- :N[ouv]elle Zelande. Cabane de la Baie Tolaga, 6 p[ie]d...
Date: 1827 - 1833
By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Langlume, active 1820s-1830s; Rodewald, Henry Marion, 1900-1988
Reference: C-010-024
Description: Shows, in three separate vignettes, examples of 3 types of Maori dwelling, the second and third looking straight on to the front, the first looking at an angle to the front. The second and third dwellings display carving. Embossed beneath image, with oval stamp: "Voyage de l'Astrolabe / Dumont d'Urville Commandant / J. T. The Astrolabe visited New Zealand in early 1827, the year after the death of Pomare I. Other Titles - New Zealand. Tolaga Bay. Bay of Islands. 6 feet high. 8 feet high. Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe... Atlas, vol. I, 1833. Plate 65. Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Nelle. Zelande.; Recto - top right - Pl. 65; Recto - (below first image) Cabane de la Baie Tolaga./ 6 pds. de haut.; Recto - (below second image) Maison d'un Chef de la Baie des Iles. / 6 pds. de haut.; Recto - beneath image - Tastu, Editeur. / Maison du Chef Pomare, a la Baie des Iles. / 8 pds. de haut.; Recto - bottom left - de Sainson pinx. et lith.; Recto - bottom right - Lith. de Langlume. ATL holds the atlas volume of Dumont d'Urville's "Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe..." at fRare 910.4 DUM. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 325 x 520 mm. Provenance: Previously in the collection of Mr. H. M. Rodewald.
Translation and transcription of letter from Adolphe-Pierre Lesson to his brother
Date: 12 Mar 1827, 1993
From: Ollivier, Isabel, 1949-2020: Research notes relating to French explorers to New Zealand
Reference: MSDL-0043
Description: Transcript and translation of letter from Lesson to his brother, Rene Primevere Lesson, describing the voyage to New Zealand and the political situation with regard to missionaries and the Maori in the Bay of Islands area. Written from the Bay of Islands. Arrangement: The files are named using the original references and a language identifier. `F' signifies a French transcription and `E' the English translation. Quantity: 2 Electronic document(s).
Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885 :Native village with swing and pa in the distance. [Engraved...
Date: 1845
From: Thomson, Arthur Saunders, 1817?-1860 :The story of New Zealand (London, John Murray, 1859).
By: Bridge, Cyprian, 1807-1885; Whymper, Edward - 1840-1911
Reference: PUBL-0144-1-209
Description: A fortified pa on a hilltop to the left, children using a swing below the pa, low houses on the flat land near the foot of the hill, canoes at the water's edge in the foreground and raupo or flax drying on a frame. A reversed version of Bridge's watercolour 'View of Pomare's new pah' (A-079-002) Extended Title - From: Thomson, A. S. The story of New Zealand. (London, John Murray, 1859), volume 1, p.209 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving, 59 x 84 mm