The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period: Volume II: The Hauhau Wars, (1864–72)
Te Rangi-tahau
Te Rangi-tahau
This East Taupo chief was captured at the Omarunui engagement, near Napier, in 1866. He escaped from Chatham Island in the schooner “Rifleman,” and was with Te Kooti in all the fighting until the early part of 1870. He was a most savage and ruthless warrior. (See note to Chapter 31.)