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Biography: Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

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Angela Ballara. 'Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated April 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128691/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).