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Tāmati Wāka Nene (1780s – 4 August 1871) was a Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāpuhi iwi (tribe) who fought as an ally of the British in the Flagstaff War of 1845–46.
A leading Ngāpuhi chief, Tāmati Wāka Nene was an early friend of Pākehā and one of the Wesleyan missionaries' first converts, taking the baptismal name of Thomas Walker (Tāmati Wāka). He protected the Anglican and Wesleyan missionaries and also greatly assisted the British Resident, James Busby.
In early manhood Nene began to distinguish himself as a war leader. He may have fought his first battle around 1800, helping Te Hōtete, the father of Hongi Hika, avenge the sack of his pā Ōkuratope, at Waimate North, by Ngare Raumati, the people of Te Rāwhiti in the Bay of Islands.
Tāmati Wāka Nene was a leading rangatira and tohunga of the Hokianga region. Born around the 1780s, he was the second son of Tāpua and the younger brother of Patuone. Through his mother, Te Kawehau, Nene was related to Hongi Hika, and to the brothers Rewa, Moka and Te Wharerahi.
The subject of this portrait, Tāmati Wāka Nene, was a Rangatira or chief of the Ngāti Hao people in Hokianga, of the Ngāpuhi iwi or tribe, and an important war leader. He was probably born in the 1780s, and died in 1871.
I takea mai a Tāmati Wāka Nene i a Rāhiri, he tūpuna nō Ngā Puhi. Nō te tekau tau mai i 1780 pea i whānau ai ia. Ko Tapua rāua ko Te Kawehau ōna mātua. He rangatira, he tohunga hoki a Tapua nō Ngāti Hao o Te Hokianga. Ko te tuakana o Nene ko Patuone te kaipupuri i ngā mana o tō rāua pāpā.
6 de feb. de 2015 · Tāmati Wāka Nene. In 1840 more than 500 chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand’s founding document. Ngā Tohu, when complete, will contain a biographical sketch of each signatory.
