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Haurongo: Kent, John Rodolphus

Haurongo tūhonohono

Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu

?–1838

Ngāpuhi leader, agriculturalist, trader

Biographies that mention Kent, John Rodolphus

Caddell, James

Pākehā-Māori, sealer, interpreter

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

Te Mātenga Taiaroa, about 1860

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

?–1863

Ngāi Tahu leader

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (left), Te Waru (centre) and Te Pakaru (right), painted by George French Angas

Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau

?–1860

Waikato leader, warrior, Māori King

Wing, Thomas

1810–1888

Master mariner, cartographer, harbourmaster, pilot

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Neil Begg. 'Kent, John Rodolphus', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou May 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127322/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).