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Haurongo: Maniapoto, Rewi Manga

Haurongo tūhonohono

Gorst, John Eldon

1835–1916

Lawyer, teacher, magistrate, civil commissioner, politician, writer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Morgan, John

1806 to 1807 (year uncertain)–1865

Missionary

Ngāpora, Tāmati

?–1885

Waikato leader, lay preacher, assessor, adviser to the Māori King

Onslow, William Hillier

1853–1911

Politician, colonial governor

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, 1880s

Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku

?–1888

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, carver

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa 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

Wahanui Huatare photographed by Alfred Henry Burton

Wahanui Huatare

?–1897

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Biographies that mention Maniapoto, Rewi Manga

Alley, Rewi

1897–1987

Farmer, teacher, social reformer, peace activist, writer

Cameron, Duncan Alexander

1808–1888

Soldier, military leader

Dadelszen, Edward John von

1845–1922

Public administrator, statistician

Fulloon, James Francis

1840–1865

Interpreter, public servant

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Theodore Minet Haultain, 1860

Haultain, Theodore Minet

1817–1902

Soldier, politician

Hiroki, Wiremu

?–1882

Convicted murderer, protester

Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku and his wife, Āreta

Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau

1837 to 1842 (year uncertain)–1904

Ngati Kahungunu leader, runholder, assessor, newspaper proprietor

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, about 1870

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

Group shot of the Ōtorohanga Town Board.

Ormsby, John

1854–1927

Ngāti Maniapoto negotiator, local politician, farmer, businessman

Roberts, John Mackintosh

1840–1928

Soldier, resident magistrate, administrator

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Ngāti Maniapoto chiefs, 1885, photographed by Alfred Henry Burton

Taonui Hīkaka

?–1892

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

?–1872

Ngāti Tamaterā leader

Te Paea Tīaho

?–1875

Waikato woman of mana

Te Purewa

?–1842 (year uncertain)

Tūhoe leader, war leader, peacemaker

Hōne Pīhama Te Rei Hanataua

Te Rei Hanataua, Hōne Pīhama

?–1890

Ngāti Ruanui leader, assessor, coach proprietor, hotel proprietor, land developer

Hōne Wētere Te Rerenga photographed in 1885 with a woman, possibly his second wife Te Āta Hoani, and one of his children

Te Rerenga, Hōne Wētere

?–1889

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Wiremu Pātara Te Tuhi

Te Tuhi, Wiremu Pātara

?–1910

Waikato leader, newspaper editor, warrior, secretary to the Maori King

Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa

Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi

?–1866

Ngāti Hauā leader, teacher, diplomat

Te Whenuanui

?–1907

Tūhoe chief, builder and carver

Wiremu Te Wheoro

Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa

?–1895

Waikato leader, assessor, soldier, native commissioner, mediator, politician, diplomat

Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, one of the instigators of the King movement

Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene

?–1881

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa leader, missionary, assessor

Tōpia Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi

?–1903

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader

Waitāoro

1848 to 1849 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Tama woman of mana

Ward, Joseph George

1856–1930

Merchant, politician, prime minister

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Manuka Henare. 'Maniapoto, Rewi Manga', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127637/related-biographies (accessed 10 July 2026).