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Haurongo: Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu

Haurongo tūhonohono

Busby, James

1802–1871

Viticulturalist, British Resident, farmer, politician, newspaper editor

Clendon, James Reddy

1800–1872

Ship owner, merchant, consul, magistrate

Earle, Augustus

1793–1838

Artist, traveller, writer

Waikato (left), Hongi Hika (centre) and Thomas Kendall (right)

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

McDonnell, Thomas

1831 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1899

Public servant, military leader, writer

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

Pōmare I

?–1826

Ngāpuhi warrior, trader

Thierry, Charles Philippe Hippolyte de

1793–1864

Businessman, coloniser, music teacher

Biographies that mention Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu

Kent, John Rodolphus

?–1837

Naval officer, trader

Maning, Frederick Edward

1811 to 1812 (year uncertain)–1883

Trader, Pakeha-Maori, judge, writer

Ngā-kahu-whero

Te Rarawa woman of mana

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara rāua ko Henare Arekatera Tate rāua ko John Klaricich. 'Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127756/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).