Te Rauparaha

Te Rauparaha (1760s - 27 November 1849) was a Māori rangatira (chief) and war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe who took a leading part in the Musket Wars. He was influential in the original sale of conquered Rangitane land to the New Zealand Company and was a participant in the Wairau Incident in Marlborough. He was known as the Napoleon of the South Pacific.

Read more about Te Rauparaha:  Early Days, Migration, Trade and Further Conquest, Planned European Settlement, Capture and Eventual Death, Haka