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Haurongo: Hobbs, John

Haurongo tūhonohono

Hobson, William

1792–1842

Naval officer, colonial governor

Leigh, Samuel

1785–1852

Missionary

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

White, William

1794–1875

Missionary

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Hobbs, John

Buddle, Thomas

1812–1883

Missionary, Methodist leader

Gittos, Marianne

1830–1908

Wesleyan mission worker, teacher, homemaker

Rangihatuake, Minarapa

Ngā Māhanga missionary

Taonui, Āperahama

?–1882

Ngāpuhi leader, prophet, historian, teacher, assessor

Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato

Te Rato, Wiremu Te Koti

?–1895

Ngāti Kahungunu; Wesleyan minister

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

T. M. I. Williment. 'Hobbs, John', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127104/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).