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Haurongo: Bowen, George Ferguson

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Mōkena Kōhere

Kōhere, Mōkena

?–1894

Ngāti Porou leader, assessor, politician

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, about 1870

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

Politician, premier, runholder, pedigree stock-breeder, provincial superintendent, businessman, sportsman

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) with his wife (probably his third wife, Te Mata Kaihoe)

Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa

?–1898

Muaūpoko leader, military leader, assessor, land purchase officer

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

Biographies that mention Bowen, George Ferguson

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Papahurihia, Penetana

?–1875

Ngāpuhi tohunga, war leader, prophet

Parore Te Āwha

?–1887

Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader

Taumata-ā-Kura, Piripi

Ngāti Porou evangelist

Portrait of Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu, by Charles Heaphy

Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana

?–1870

Te Āti Awa leader, government adviser

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi, about 1869

Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi

?–1883

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, soldier, assessor, politician, farmer

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

Tōpia Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi

?–1903

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader

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W. P. N. Tyler. 'Bowen, George Ferguson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou March 2015. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126183/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).