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Haurongo: Fenton, Francis Dart

Haurongo tūhonohono

Buddle, Thomas

1812–1883

Missionary, Methodist leader

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Gisborne, William

1825–1898

Public servant, politician, writer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Martin, William

1807 (year uncertain)–1880

Judge, writer

Maunsell, Robert

1810–1894

Missionary, linguist, translator

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Morgan, John

1806 to 1807 (year uncertain)–1865

Missionary

Richmond, Christopher William

1821–1895

Lawyer, politician, judge

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Stack, James West

1835–1919

Missionary, clergyman, writer, interpreter

Weld, Frederick Aloysius

1823–1891

Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor

Biographies that mention Fenton, Francis Dart

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

James McCosh Clark

Clark, James McCosh

1833–1898

Businessman, mayor

Clark, James McCosh

1847–1926

Community leader, artist, writer

Gorst, John Eldon

1835–1916

Lawyer, teacher, magistrate, civil commissioner, politician, writer

Kūkūtai, Waata Pihikete

?–1867

Waikato leader, farmer, assessor

Schmitt, Carl Gustav

1837–1900

Violinist, composer, conductor, university professor

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, member of the House of Representatives for Southern Māori from 1871

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

?–1905

Ngāi Tahu leader, politician, assessor

Later life

Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

?–1866

Waikato leader, missionary, assessor, mediator

Wiremu Te Wheoro

Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa

?–1895

Waikato leader, assessor, soldier, native commissioner, mediator, politician, diplomat

Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi and her daughter Ngāpeka, Little Barrier Island, 1893

Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heru

1830 to 1831 (year uncertain)–1930

Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whatua woman of mana, ship owner, land claimant

Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heru

1826 to 1827 (year uncertain)–1923

Ngāti Wai; ship owner, trader, land claimant

Wilson, John Alexander

1829–1909

Farmer, soldier, public servant, judge, businessman

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

William Renwick. 'Fenton, Francis Dart', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126716/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).