1846 daguerreotype of Hemi Pomara by Antoine Claudet
Born
circa 1830 Chatham Islands
Died
unknown
Hemi Pomara (born c. 1830; sometimes spelled Pomare) was a Māori man of chiefly status, from the Chatham Islands. In his youth, he was taken to Sydney, and then London, before returning to New Zealand, via Barbados, where he was shipwrecked. A daguerreotype of Pomara is the oldest known photograph of any Māori person. A novel and a planned film are based on his life.
HemiPomara (born c. 1830; sometimes spelled Pomare) was a Māori man of chiefly status, from the Chatham Islands. In his youth, he was taken to Sydney...
returned for a short while to England, accompanied by a young Māori man, HemiPomara, who was exhibited alongside Angas's paintings at the Egyptian Hall in...
including Michael Faraday and Charles Babbage. His daguerreotype of HemiPomara, in the National Library of Australia, is the oldest known photograph...
Imaginary Lives of James Pōneke has been described as based on the life of HemiPomara, the Author's note to the novel is clear that the novel 'in no way represents...
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