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The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)

From a photo, about 1883] — Te Heuheu Horonuku — (Died 1888.)

From a photo, about 1883]Te Heuheu Horonuku (Died 1888.)

From a photo, about 1883]
Te Heuheu Horonuku
(Died 1888.)

To Heuheu, the paramount chief of the Ngati-Tuwharetoa Tribe, of Taupo, joined Te Kooti in 1869, but made submission to the Government shortly after the fight at Te Porere. In 1887 he presented to the Crown the summits of the volcanic mountains Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, and Ruapehu, his famous tribal peaks, forming the nucleus of the Tongariro National Park.