Wednesday 30 April 2014

On this day in 1848

Hori Kingi Tupaea, Watercolour attributed to Henry Harpur Greer
Image courtesy of Tauranga Library
On 30 April 1848 Chief Hori Kingi Tupaea (c1800-1881), principal chief of the Ngaiterangi, was baptised by Archdeacon Brown at Otumoetai.

References

Dates from list compiled by Jinty Rorke for Tauranga 1882-1982, The Centennial of Gazetting Tauranga as a Borough, (ed. A.C. Bellamy), published in 1982 by the Tauranga City Council

Tauranga Memories Kete, Tauranga Library
http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/images/show/6287-hori-kingi-tupaea-c1800-1881
http://tauranga.kete.net.nz/tauranga_local_history/topics/show/1342-hori-kingi-tupaea-c1800-1881

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