Pōtatau te wherowhero, waikato chief, taken at the marae of the great waikato people the ngāti māhanga tribe of te papa o rotu. He became the first māori king in 1858. He is drawn seated beside a log, wrapped in a blanket observing the cultivations happening in the gardens, in traditional style taken in whatawhata in 1844. Date: 1847.
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