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Haurongo: Ngata, Paratene

Haurongo tūhonohono

Wiremu Pere, photographed between 1884 and 1887

Pere, Wiremu

1837–1915

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata; politician, runholder

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

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Pāora Tūhaere, about 1875

Tūhaere, Pāora

?–1892

Ngāti Whātua leader

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Ngata, Paratene

Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd in front of a painting of her grandfather, Hoani Te Rangitakaiwaho, by Gottfried Lindauer

Boyd, Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua

1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)–1959

Ngāti Moe woman of mana, interpreter

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Maika, Pūrākau

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; newspaper editor and publisher

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Arihia Kane Ngata

Ngata, Arihia Kane

1879–1929

Ngāti Porou woman of mana

Niniwa-i-te-rangi's marriage to Tamaihotua Āporo, around 1900

Niniwa-i-te-rangi

1854–1929

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana, editor

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, minister of religion, carver, composer of haka

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Steven Oliver. 'Ngata, Paratene', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127884/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).