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Biography: Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena

Henare Kohere

Henare Kohere

A portrait of Henare Kohere was published in the Auckland Weekly News on 24 October 1901, soon after his heroic rescue of a crew member of the wrecked scow Whakapai at East Cape.

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Auckland Council Libraries − Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero o Tāmaki Makaurau, Sir George Grey Special Collections

Reference: AWNS-19011024-4-4

Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Henare Kohere Swann. 'Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/42892/henare-kohere (accessed 4 June 2026).