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Biography: Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi

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Atholl Anderson. 'Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128844/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).