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Haurongo: Harris, John Williams

Haurongo tūhonohono

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Te Kani-a-Takirau

?–1856

Ngāti Porou leader, Te Aitanga a Hauiti leader

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Williams, Jane

1801 (year uncertain)–1896

Missionary

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Harris, John Williams

Halbert, Thomas

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1865

Whaler, trader, founding father

Mōrete, Maraea

1844–1907

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki woman of mana, writer

Sturm, Friedrich Wilhelm Christian

1810 to 1811 (year uncertain)–1896

Naturalist, interpreter, nursery owner

Īhaka Whaanga photographed by William James Harding

Whaanga, Īhaka

?–1875

Ngāti Rākaipaaka leader, assessor, military leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Philip Whyte. 'Harris, John Williams', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126995/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).