Eruera Maihi Patuone – School Journal Level 4 June 2022

Eruera Maihi Patuone was a prominent Māori leader who lived a long and influential life, witnessing the arrival of Captain Cook as a child and later becoming a signatory of both He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Keywords: ancestral wisdom, biography, Captain Cook, Eruera Maihi Patuone, Heki Pōkai, heritage, He Whakaputanga, Hokianga, Hongi Hika, land, leadership, Musket Wars, New Zealand Wars, Ngāti Pāoa, Northern War, power, rangatira, rangatiratanga, Te Tiriti, tūpuna, wars, whāna