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Haurongo: Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

Haurongo tūhonohono

Barker, Alfred Charles

1819–1873

Doctor, photographer

A colour lithograph showing several buildings, a road and seawall with several jetties

Barrett, Richard

?–1847

Trader, whaler, interpreter, hotel owner

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

FitzRoy, Robert

1805–1865

Naval officer, hydrographer, colonial governor, meteorologist

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hadfield, Octavius

1814 (year uncertain)–1904

Missionary, bishop

Lindauer, Gottfried

1839–1926

Artist

Rewi Manga Maniapoto photographed by Elizabeth Pulman

Maniapoto, Rewi Manga

?–1894

Ngāti Maniapoto leader, war leader

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Ngātata-i-te-rangi

?–1854

Te Āti Awa leader

Redwood, Francis William

1839–1935

Catholic archbishop

Spain, William

1803–1876

Land claims commissioner

Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, 1880s

Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku

?–1888

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, carver

Portrait of Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu, by Charles Heaphy

Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana

?–1870

Te Āti Awa leader, government adviser

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa leader

Kereopa Te Rau, photographed at Napier prison on 8 December 1871

Te Rau, Kereopa

?–1872

Ngāti Rangiwewehi warrior, Pai Mārire leader

Te Wharepōuri

Te Wharepōuri, Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi

?–1842

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

Wakefield, Edward Jerningham

1820–1879

Adventurer, writer, politician

Williams, Samuel

1822–1907

Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

Biographies that mention Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

Bowen, George Ferguson

1821–1899

Colonial governor

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Wīremu Te Kākākura Parata Waipunaahau, 1890s

Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau

?–1906

Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa leader, farmer, politician

Te Maari-o-te-rangi, Piripi

1837 (year uncertain)–1895

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, protester, orator

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi, about 1869

Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi

?–1883

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

Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato

Te Rato, Wiremu Te Koti

?–1895

Ngāti Kahungunu; Wesleyan minister

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

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

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A. R. Cairns. 'Ngātata, Wiremu Tako', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127890/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).