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Biography: Te Moananui, Kurupō

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Angela Ballara. 'Te Moananui, Kurupō', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128822/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).