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Haurongo: Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi

Haurongo tūhonohono

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Karaitiana Takamoana, 1870s

Takamoana, Karaitiana

?–1879

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, politician

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Te Hāpuku, 1870s

Te Hāpuku

?–1878

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader, farmer, assessor

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui

?–1846

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Moananui, Kurupō

?–1861

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa leader

Tiakitai

?–1847

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, trader

Hēnare Tomoana, photographed on 29 April 1873

Tomoana, Hēnare

?–1904

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti leader, military leader, newspaper publisher, politician

Whitmore, George Stoddart

1829–1903

Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Biographies that mention Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi

Airini Donnelly

Donnelly, Airini

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1909

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana, landowner

Kaiwhata, Pāora

?–1892

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Russell, William Russell

1838 (year uncertain)–1913

Soldier, farmer, politician

Te Ahiko, Rāniera

?–1894

Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri and Ngāti Kahungunu historian

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi, about 1869

Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi

?–1883

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, soldier, assessor, politician, farmer

Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho

Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Mānihera

?–1885

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, assessor

Te Rohu

Ngāti Tūwharetoa woman of mana

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara rāua ko Patrick Parsons. 'Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127292/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).