Hone Tūhawaiki

Description

First NameHoneLast NameTūhawaikiAlternative NameBloody JackJohn TūhawaikiDescriptionTūhawaiki,also known as Hone or John Tūhawaiki, and called 'Bloody Jack' by the sealers of Foveaux Strait, was the leader of Kāi Tahu in Murihiku but spent a lot of his time travelling Kāi Tahu territory. Tuhawaiki drowned off the coast, approximately 5km south of Timaru in 1844. The point where he drowned now bears his name: Tuhawaiki (Jack's) Point, and is commonly known to locals as Jack's Point.

Please follow the link below to read more about the life of Tūhawaiki or look at our digital copy of "King of the Bluff: the life and times of Tūhawaiki"External LinkDNZB: Hone TūhawaikiDate of Birth?Date of Death1844Place of DeathTimaruSubjectEarly MāoriBiography

Publication

Early Timaru: some historical records of the pre-settlement period, annotated and analysed.

King of the Bluff : the life and times of Tuhawaiki ("Bloody Jack")

Newspaper Clipping

Timaru Landmark Was Named After Noble Chieftain

Photograph

Monument to Tūhawaiki

Place

Tūhawaiki (Jack's) Point

Image of the plaque on the Tūhawaiki monument. TDL image 2023.

Connections

PlaceTūhawaiki (Jack's) Point