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Haurongo: Maunsell, Robert

Haurongo tūhonohono

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Martin, William

1807 (year uncertain)–1880

Judge, writer

Morgan, John

1806 to 1807 (year uncertain)–1865

Missionary

Rymill, Mary Anne

1817 (year uncertain)–1897

Missionary, teacher, nurse, companion

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

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

Völkner, Carl Sylvius

1819–1865

Missionary

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Maunsell, Robert

Carran, Catherine

1842–1935

Waikato and Ngāti Pukeko; founding mother, midwife

Colenso, Elizabeth

1821–1904

Missionary, teacher, translator

Fenton, Francis Dart

1820 to 1825 (year uncertain)–1898

Magistrate, judge, public administrator, musician

Grace, Thomas Samuel

1815–1879

Missionary

Hēnare Kaihau

Kaihau, Hēnare

1854 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1920

Ngāti Te Ata leader, politician, adviser to the Māori King

Kūkūtai, Waata Pihikete

?–1867

Waikato leader, farmer, assessor

Group shot of the Ōtorohanga Town Board.

Ormsby, John

1854–1927

Ngāti Maniapoto negotiator, local politician, farmer, businessman

Poutama, Te Mānihera

?–1847

Ngāti Ruanui mission teacher, missionary

Stack, James West

1835–1919

Missionary, clergyman, writer, interpreter

Later life

Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

?–1866

Waikato leader, missionary, assessor, mediator

Williams, William Leonard

1829–1916

Missionary, linguist

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Judith Morrell Nathan. 'Maunsell, Robert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127704/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).