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Haurongo: Hall, John

Haurongo tūhonohono

Atkinson, Harry Albert

1831–1892

Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Ballance, John

1839–1893

Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Reeves, William Pember

1857–1932

Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker

Rolleston, William

1831–1903

Public administrator, politician, provincial superintendent, educationalist

Saunders, Alfred

1820 (year uncertain)–1905

Miller, farmer, reformer, politician, provincial superintendent, historian

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Sewell, Henry

1807–1879

Lawyer, administrator, politician, premier

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

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

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

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

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Biographies that mention Hall, John

Bell, Francis Dillon

1822–1898

Public administrator, runholder, politician

Bonar, James Alexander

1840–1901

Merchant, shipping agent, company director, politician

Bryce, John

1833–1913

Farmer, soldier, politician

FitzGerald, James Edward

1818–1896

Journalist, provincial superintendent, politician, public servant

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Fulton, Catherine Henrietta Elliot

1829–1919

Diarist, community leader, philanthropist, social reformer

Gisborne, William

1825–1898

Public servant, politician, writer

Gordon, Arthur Hamilton

1829–1912

Colonial governor

Hall, Thomas

Commission agent, forger, murderer

Johnston, Walter Woods

1839 (uncertain)–1907

Merchant, politician, landowner

Kidson, Charles

1867–1908

Art teacher, artist, craftsman, sculptor

Montgomery, William

1821 (uncertain)–1914

Merchant, politician, educationalist, runholder

Nicol, Helen Lyster

1854–1932

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

Porter, Thomas William

1843–1920

Soldier, land purchase officer

Reeves, Magdalene Stuart

1865–1953

Suffragist, social reformer, writer

Scholefield, Guy Hardy

1877–1963

Journalist, historian, archivist, librarian, editor

Sheppard, Katherine Wilson

1847–1934

Suffragist, social reformer, writer

Sievwright, Margaret Home

1844–1905

Feminist, political activist, community leader

Strouts, Frederick

1834–1919

Architect

Wiremu Te Wheoro

Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa

?–1895

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

Wakefield, Edward

1845–1924

Public servant, journalist, politician

Whitaker, Frederick

1812–1891

Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, premier

Wright, Edward George

1831–1902

Engineer, landowner, politician

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

W. J. Gardner. 'Hall, John', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126954/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).