Te Rauparaha

Te Rauparaha
Te Rauparaha
	Sketch of Te Rauparaha
Born	c.1768; Probably Kāwhia, Waikato, New Zealand
Died	27 November 1849 (age 80–81); Ōtaki, Te Upoko o te Ika, New Zealand
Buried	Rangiātea Church, Ōtaki, probably reinterred on Kapiti Island
Allegiance	Ngāti Toa
Years of service	1819–1848
Battles/wars	Musket Wars; Wairau Affray;

Te Rauparaha (c.1768 – 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāti Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars and trade with Europeans, receiving the nickname "the Napoleon of the South". He participated in land sale and negotiations with the New Zealand Company at the beginning of the colonisation of New Zealand. He was central to the Wairau Affray in Marlborough, considered by many to be the first of conflicts in the New Zealand Wars. Te Rauparaha was a signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi. Before he died Te Rauparaha directed the building of Rangiātea Church in Ōtaki.

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