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Te Whareumu
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Te Whareumu (died 1828) was the ariki and warrior chief of Ngāti Manu, a hapū within the Ngāpuhi iwi based in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand.
Quotes
"What punishment have you in England for thieves and runaways?""After trial, flogging or hanging.""Then," he replied, "the only difference in our laws is, you flog and hang, but we shoot and eat."
Conversation with the English artist Augustus Earle, c. 1828. Reported in Wiremu Kane, "On the Māori cannibalism novel" [Review of Monty Soutar, Kāwai: For Such a Time as This], newsroom.co.nz (5 Feb. 2023)
External links
Category:1828 deaths
Category:Māori