Te rangihiwinui kepa biography of mahatma
Te rangihiwinui, te keepa, 1823?-1898.
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Te rangihiwinui kepa biography of mahatma gandhi
New Zealand. d. 15/04/ Wanganui, New Zealand.
DATE OF NZC ACTION: 07/11/ and 13/03/ Moturoa and Otauto, New Zealand.
Kepa Te Rangihiwinui NZC
Te Rangihiwinui Kepa was a chief of Putiki, Wanganui, and the son of Rere-o-Maki and Tunguru.
Before the outbreak of the Maori Wars on the west coast (–69), he served in the Police Force and later acted as mail courier between Wanganui and Wellington.
Te rangihiwinui kepa biography of mahatma
In he was appointed native assessor to the Rotorua district Maori Land Court. When war broke out in the same year, Kepa received a commission as ensign in the native contingent. He was present at the Moutoa Island battle in , with Sir George Grey at Weraroa (), and at Pipiriki.
In he took part in the operations around Opotiki after Volkner&#;s murder. In –68 he served under Colonel McDonnell in Taranaki, and in distinguished himself on the west coast with Whitmore.
One of Kepa&#;s outstanding actions was at Moturoa on 7 November when, at the head of a small force of warriors from his tr