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Owharawai. Pa of Hone Heke, copied from a drawing taken by Mr Symonds of the 99th Regt

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Date

[1845]

Artist

Thomas Biddulph Hutton (1824-1886)

Collective Title

Hutton, Thomas Biddulph 1824-1886 :Book of New Zealand sketches. Purewa, 1845, 1860.

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22724859

Additional Makers

John Jermyn Symonds (1816-1883)

Description

Section, elevation and ground plan of Heke's pa at Ohaeawai, Northland. The section shows a Maori man kneeling in a trench with a rifle aimed through gun-holes in the palisade and two Maori seated inside a shelter beyond the palisade area. The ground plan includes measurements and the disposal of buildings inside the palisades and trenches.

Other Titles - Ohaeawai

T. B. Hutton arrived in New Zealand in 1843 and taught at St John's College at Waimate in the Bay of Islands until 1844 when he moved to Auckland.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

St Michaels Anglican Church, Ngawha, Northland, New Zealand

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Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

St. Michael's Anglican Church was built in 1870 on the site of the pā. (Wikipedia)

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