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Haurongo: Pōmare I

Haurongo tūhonohono

Kendall, Thomas

1778 (uncertain)–1832

Missionary, orthographer, linguist

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

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

Ruatara

?–1815

Ngāpuhi leader, traveller, seaman, agriculturalist

Te Rangi-i-pāia II

Ngāti Porou woman of mana

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

Biographies that mention Pōmare I

Brind, William Darby

1794–1850

Master mariner, whaler

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

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu

?–1838

Ngāpuhi leader, agriculturalist, trader

Murupaenga

?–1826

Ngāti Whātua leader, war leader

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Parore Te Āwha

?–1887

Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

?–1872

Ngāti Tamaterā leader

Te Ngahuru

?–1823 (year uncertain)

Tūhoe leader, warrior

Te Purewa

?–1842 (year uncertain)

Tūhoe leader, war leader, peacemaker

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

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Pōmare I', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128127/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).