Tuterei Karewa

Karewa was the subject of several pieces of work. Photographer Arthur James Iles documented Karewa in a series of portraits of Māori between 1890 and 1920.^[4] The photograph shows Karewa wearing a pihepihe, a type of cloak generally adorned cylindrical tags made of flax.^[4] Iles subsequently used his work to have tin plates created overseas, one of which contained a small lithograph of Karewa on the outer edge of the plate among others.^[5] He was also the subject of a watercolor painting by artist and soldier Horatio Gordon Robley wearing a garment similar to the Iles photograph.^[6]

Reviews of these depictions sometimes comment on the nature of Karewa's face markings, called moko.^[1] In the photograph, reviewers have noted that Iles highlighted this tattoo after it was taken,^[4] possibly using black paint or another substance.^[7] The Oceanic Art Society praised the quality of the facial markings, commenting that Karewa showed the moko "to great advantage."^[8]

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  Watercolor and pencil, by Robley
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  Tin plate featuring Karewa on outer rim.
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  Tin plate rim, focused on portrait of Karewa

Tuterei Karewa was the son of Ruangakau, a chief of Ngāti Maru, survivor of the Battle of Tōtara Pā, and Te Waimihi of Ngāti Whanaunga and Te Tini-o-Toi.

He had a brother Teretiu Te Kupenga, of which a number of families of Kirikiri and Thames descend from.

He and his brother descended from Tamatepō, Tamaterā, Whanaunga, and Tāurukapakapa, four of the five sons of Marutūāhu, as well as Takakōpiri of Waitaha-nui-a-Hei. He had connections to the Ngāti Te Aute hapū of Ngāti Maru, Ngāti Rautao hapū of Tamaterā, and the Ngāti Kotinga hapū of Ngāti Whanaunga.