Biography: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham

Andrews, Samuel Paul

1836 (year uncertain)–1916

Plasterer, politician, businessman

Baker, John Holland

1841–1930

Surveyor, public servant

Bowden, Thomas Adolphus

1824–1906

Anglican clergyman, farmer, teacher, educationalist

Carpenter, Robert Holt

1819/1820 (year uncertain)–1891

Bookbinder, local politician, bookseller, character

Carter, Charles Rooking

1822–1896

Builder, businessman, politician, writer, philanthropist

Dieffenbach, Johann Karl Ernst

1811–1855

Explorer, naturalist, linguist, writer

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

Jackson, James Hayter

1800–1877

Mariner, whaler, trader

King, Martha

1802/1803 (year uncertain)–1897

Teacher, artist, gardener

Martin, Samuel McDonald

1805/1810 (year uncertain)–1848

Land claimant, magistrate, journalist, writer

McPherson, James

Farm worker, labour reformer

Moorhouse, William Sefton

1825 (year uncertain)–1881

Lawyer, politician, provincial superintendent

Ngātai, Wiremu Nēra

Ngāti Ruanui missionary, mediator

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

Revans, Samuel

1807/1808 (year uncertain)–1888

Merchant, printer, runholder, newspaper proprietor and editor, politician

Seuffert, Anton

1814/1815 (year uncertain)–1887

Cabinet-maker, inlayer

Smith, William Mein

1799–1869

Surveyor, artist, runholder

Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngi

?–1868

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, assessor

Te Herekiekie

?–1861

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Tūroa, Te Peehi

?–1845

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, warrior, composer of waiata

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon

1796–1862

Political theorist, colonial promoter, politician