Nōpera Panakareao
Nōpera Panakareao (? – 13 April 1856) was a New Zealand tribal leader, evangelist and assessor. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Rarawa iwi.[1]
Nōpera lived at Kaitaia. He became a friend of William Gilbert Puckey, the son of William Puckey, who worked with Joseph Matthews to establish the Church Missionary Society mission station at Kaitaia in 1833.[2] He was called Noble Pana-kareao by the missionaries, who held him in high regard.[3]
Nōpera signed the Treaty of Waitangi. He stated his understanding of the Treaty as, "Ko te atarau o te whenua i riro i a te kuini, ko te tinana o te whenua i waiho ki ngā Māori", meaning; "The shadow of the land will go to the Queen [of England], but the substance of the land will remain with us". Nōpera later reversed his earlier statement – feeling that the substance of the land had indeed gone to the Queen; only the shadow remained for the Māori.[4] His wife Ereonora also signed the treaty beside his name.[5]
During the Flagstaff War (1845–46) he supported Tamati Waka Nene and his brother Eruera Maihi Patuone in opposing Hōne Heke and Te Ruki Kawiti.[6]
References
- ^ Ballara, Angela. "Nopera Pana-kareao". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help) - ^ Williams, Frederic Wanklyn. "Through Ninety Years, 1826-1916: Life and Work Among the Maoris in New Zealand: Notes of the Lives of William and William Leonard Williams, First and Third Bishops of Waiapu (Chapter 3)". Early New Zealand Books (NZETC).
- ^ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, December 1842". The Need of Prayer in Behalf of Inquirers & Sincere Converts. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|subscription=ignored (|url-access=suggested) (help) - ^ "Story: Muriwhenua tribes, Page 4 – European contact". The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Ereonora". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ^ Cowan, James (1922). "Chapter 6: The Fighting at Omapere". The New Zealand Wars: a history of the Maori campaigns and the pioneering period, Volume I: 1845–1864. Wellington: R.E. Owen. p. 39.
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