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Haurongo: Hadfield, Octavius

Haurongo tūhonohono

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

FitzRoy, Robert

1805–1865

Naval officer, hydrographer, colonial governor, meteorologist

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Hadfield, Octavius

Abraham, Charles John

1814–1903

Clergyman, teacher, bishop

Barraud, Charles Decimus

1822–1897

Pharmacist, artist

Brind, William Darby

1794–1850

Master mariner, whaler

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Bryce, John

1833–1913

Farmer, soldier, politician

Burton, Ormond Edward

1893–1974

Teacher, soldier, war historian, pacifist, Methodist clergyman, writer

Duncan, James

1813–1907

Missionary, Presbyterian minister

Inglis, John

1808–1891

Missionary

Ironside, Samuel

1814–1897

Missionary, community leader

Levin, William Hort

1845–1893

Merchant, politician, philanthropist

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, about 1870

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

Wīremu Te Kākākura Parata Waipunaahau, 1890s

Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau

?–1906

Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa leader, farmer, politician

Pōmare, Wiremu Piti

?–1851

Ngāti Mutunga leader

Suter, Andrew Burn

1830–1895

Anglican bishop

Hoani Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, member of the House of Representatives for Western Māori from 1886 to 1893

Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoani

1839 to 1840 (year uncertain)–1896

Ngāti Raukawa leader, politician, horse-racing steward, farmer

Watercolour portrait of Hēnare Wiremu Taratoa by Horatio Robley

Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremu

?–1864

Ngāi Te Rangi missionary, teacher, war leader

Taylor, Richard

1805–1873

Missionary, naturalist, writer

Te Kaeaea, early 1870s

Te Kaeaea

?–1871

Ngāti Tama leader

Portrait of Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu, by Charles Heaphy

Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana

?–1870

Te Āti Awa leader, government adviser

Te Rangihaeata painted by Charles Heaphy

Te Rangihaeata

?–1855

Ngāti Toa leader, warrior

Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihana

?–1898

Rangitāne leader, peacemaker

Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Kahe

?–1871 (year uncertain)

Te Āti Awa leader, trader, innkeeper

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, one of the instigators of the King movement

Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene

?–1881

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa leader, missionary, assessor

Te Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Te Peehi

?–1845

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, warrior, composer of waiata

Rota Waitoa, the first Māori to be ordained in the Anglican church

Waitoa, Rota

?–1866

Ngāti Raukawa; Anglican clergyman

Williams, Samuel

1822–1907

Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

June Starke. 'Hadfield, Octavius', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126939/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).