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Biography: Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi

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Evelyn Stokes. 'Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated February 2006. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128920/related-biographies (accessed 24 June 2026).