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Haurongo: Nene, Tāmati Wāka

Haurongo tūhonohono

Bowen, George Ferguson

1821–1899

Colonial governor

Busby, James

1802–1871

Viticulturalist, British Resident, farmer, politician, newspaper editor

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

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

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, about 1870

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

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

View of the pā of Pōmare II at the Bay of Islands, June 1846, by Cyprian Bridge

Pōmare II

?–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader, trader

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Thierry, Charles Philippe Hippolyte de

1793–1864

Businessman, coloniser, music teacher

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Nene, Tāmati Wāka

Cook, George Howe

1855–1941

Ngāpuhi; whaler

Cook, George Howe

1859–1934

Ngāpuhi; whaler

Despard, Henry

1784 to 1785 (year uncertain)–1859

Soldier

FitzRoy, Robert

1805–1865

Naval officer, hydrographer, colonial governor, meteorologist

Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader

Taurekareka Hēnare, 1929

Hēnare, Taurekareka

1877 to 1878 (year uncertain)–1940

Ngāpuhi leader, politician

Hobbs, John

1800–1883

Missionary, artisan, interpreter

Hobson, William

1792–1842

Naval officer, colonial governor

Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihi

1877–1964

Ngāti Hine leader, farmer, genealogist

Maihi Parāone Kawiti, 1880s

Kawiti, Maihi Parāone

1807–1889

Ngāti Hine leader

Te Ruki Kawiti

Kawiti, Te Ruki

?–1854

Ngāpuhi leader, warrior

Pencil and watercolour sketch of Wiremu Kīngi Maketū

Maketū, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1842

Ngāpuhi youth, farmworker, murderer

Martin, Hannah

1830–1903

Mission member

Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu

?–1838

Ngāpuhi leader, agriculturalist, trader

Murupaenga

?–1826

Ngāti Whātua leader, war leader

Katerina Nēhua, 1930s

Nēhua, Katerina

1903–1948

Ngāpuhi; endurance swimmer

Ngātai, Wiremu Nēra

Ngāti Ruanui missionary, mediator

Nuku-pewapewa

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Nōpera Pana-kareao

Pana-kareao, Nōpera

?–1856

Te Rarawa leader, evangelist, assessor

Perohuka, Te Waaka

Rongowhakaata tohunga and carver

Taonui, Āperahama

?–1882

Ngāpuhi leader, prophet, historian, teacher, assessor

Hōri Kīngi Te Ānaua (left), John White (centre), and Te Ua Haumēne (right), 1860s

Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngi

?–1868

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, assessor

Engraved portrait of Te Pēhi Kupe

Te Pēhi Kupe

?–1828

Ngāti Toa leader, warrior

Portrait of Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu, by Charles Heaphy

Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana

?–1870

Te Āti Awa leader, government adviser

White, William

1794–1875

Missionary

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Nene, Tāmati Wāka', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou November 2001. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127849/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).