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Ngataua Omahuru (c. 1863 – 1918), also known as William Fox, was a Māori lawyer. He and his family lived in Mawhitiwhiti near Mount Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island.
Ngātau Omahuru, the son of Te Karere and Hinewai Omahuru of Ngā Ruahine in Taranaki, was kidnapped by colonial forces in 1868 during the New Zealand wars, at the age of six. He spent three years in a Wellington hostel before he came to the attention of Premier William Fox and his wife Sarah.
Jul 28, 2001 · Colonial kidnap. Ngataua Omahuru was a Maori child remade as a mini-English 19th-century gentleman. Emily Perkins admires Peter Walker's poignant tale of survival in the face of civilisation...
In 1869, After an English defeat in battle in the Taranaki forest, one Maori boy, aged five, was captured and adopted by the Prime Minister. Educated to become a lawyer and an 'English gentleman', Ngataua Omahuru (or little 'William Fox'), had played a crucial role in New Zealand's history.
Feb 4, 2005 · In the midst of war, Ngātau Omahuru, a small brown boy from Māwhitiwhiti near Hāwera, is plucked from the Taranaki bush and whisked to the capital of Wellington, to be adopted by the Prime Minister Sir William Fox.
Who is Ngataua Omahuru? Ngataua Omahuru was a Māori lawyer. He and his family lived in Mawhitiwhiti near Mount Taranaki in New Zealand's North Island. In 1869, when Omahuru was five years old, he was kidnapped during the battle of Te Ngutu o te Manu by Maori loyalists and taken to Whanganui.
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Studio portrait of Ngatau Omahuru also known as William Fox. Photographed by William James Harding in 1868. Son of Te Karere and Hinewai Omahuru of the Nga Ruahine Iwi. Became a captive of war in 1868 and was ultimatly adopted by William Fox, New Zealand politician and Prime Minister.
