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Biography: Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

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Steven Oliver. 'Taiaroa, Te Mātenga', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated June 2018. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128646/related-biographies (accessed 3 July 2026).