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Haurongo: Hikairo, Wiremu

Haurongo tūhonohono

Haerehuka

Ngāti Whakaue leader, warrior, orator

Waikato (left), Hongi Hika (centre) and Thomas Kendall (right)

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Poutama, Te Mānihera

?–1847

Ngāti Ruanui mission teacher, missionary

One of the poupou (posts) from the Tamatekapua meeting house on Mokoia Island

Te Ao-kapurangi

Ngāti Rangiwewehi woman of mana, peacemaker

Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke

Te Rangikāheke, Wiremu Maihi

?–1896

Ngāti Rangiwewehi leader, scholar, public servant

Te Waharoa

?–1838

Ngāti Hauā leader

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Biographies that mention Hikairo, Wiremu

Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa

Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa

1836 (year uncertain)–1887

Ngāti Whakaue leader, administrator, educationalist

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jenifer Curnow. 'Hikairo, Wiremu', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127071/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).