Aperahama Taonui (died 23 September 1882) was a New Zealand tribal leader, prophet, historian, teacher and assessor. He was a leader of the Te Popoto hapū of the Ngāpuhi iwi. He was born in Whangaroa, Northland, probably in the 1810s. His father was Makoare Te Taonui. [1]
The Flagstaff War
Aperahama Taonui and his father Makoare Te Taonui supported Tāmati Wāka Nene in opposing Hone Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti in the Flagstaff War (1845–46). [2]
Aperahama Taonui received a bullet wound, probably in April 1845, in the early fighting near Okaihau. [1] He was sent to Auckland to recuperate and there became friendly with Governor George Grey, who awarded Aperahama Taonui a government pension. [1] His father, Makoare Te Taonui, led his warriors in the capture of Heke's pā at Te Ahuahu, [2] which was followed by Nene's defeat of Heke in the Battle of Te Ahuahu on 12 June 1845 at Pukenui. [3] [4]
References
- ^ a b c Binney, Judith. "Aperahama Taonui". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ a b Cowan, James (1922). "Chapter 6: The Fighting at Omapere". The New Zealand Wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period, Volume I: 1845–1864. Wellington: R.E. Owen. p. 39.
- ^ "Puketutu and Te Ahuahu - Northern War". Ministry for Culture and Heritage - NZ History online. 3 April 2009. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ Raugh, Harold E. (2004). The Victorians at war, 1815-1914: an encyclopedia of British military history. ABC-CLIO. pp. 225–226. ISBN 1-57607-925-2.
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