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TE HEUHEU. 
MONUMENT OF TE HEUHEU AT TAUPO. 
Of all the New Zealand Chiefs , there has not been a more 
distinguished one than Te Heuheu, the ariki of Taupo, and 
the most influential native in the interior of the island. 
His noble figure (for he stood upwards of six feet high), his 
broad chest, good-natured countenance, white locks, dignified 
manner, as he sat on a rock in front of his house, like a 
king on his throne, surrounded by his tribe, surveying his 
dependents at their work, to whom he repeatedly issued his 
commands in a tone which compelled obedience, presented 
altogether a perfect picture of the savage Chief. His great 
bravery in war, eloquence in council, perfect acquaintance 
with the mythology of the country, and being a tohunga as 
well, tended to extend his influence amongst the New Zealand 
tribes, and cause them to view him as a sacred character. 
Though successful in war, he does not appear to have de- 
lighted in it so much as his countrymen generally did, for 
he was never averse to making peace. In 1844, he visited 
the little settlement of Wanganui with a war party of about 
two hundred, intending to fight with the Waitotara tribe, 
and avenge the death of Kotuku-rae-roa, Tauteka, and Te 
purpose. Baptism, however, does not appear so efficacious in New Zealand. 
Hue, in his travels through China, also alludes to this, and states that the 
Chinese have naturally a strong smell of musk. 
