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Biography: Taylor, Richard

Richard Taylor and his son with Hoani Wiremu Hīpango

A photograph showing two Pakeha men and a Maori man

In 1855 Hoani Wiremu Hipango (right) travelled with the Reverend Richard Taylor (centre) to England, where he met Queen Victoria and presented her with gifts from the Whanganui tribes. Here they are seen in England in 1855 with Taylor's son, Basil (left).

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J. M. R. Owens. 'Taylor, Richard', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/437/richard-taylor-and-his-son-with-hoani-wiremu-hipango (accessed 4 June 2026).