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Haurongo: Pōmare II

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Brind, William Darby

1794–1850

Master mariner, whaler

Busby, James

1802–1871

Viticulturalist, British Resident, farmer, politician, newspaper editor

Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sébastien César

1790–1842

Explorer, cartographer, botanist, linguist, writer

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

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Te Ruki Kawiti

Kawiti, Te Ruki

?–1854

Ngāpuhi leader, warrior

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

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Pōmare II

Clendon, James Reddy

1800–1872

Ship owner, merchant, consul, magistrate

Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader

Hobson, William

1792–1842

Naval officer, colonial governor

Pencil and watercolour sketch of Wiremu Kīngi Maketū

Maketū, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1842

Ngāpuhi youth, farmworker, murderer

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

Pōmare, Hāre

Ngāpuhi tour party member

Hariata Pōmare and her husband Hāre Pōmare with their son

Pōmare, Hāre

Nga Puhi tour party member

Pōmare I

?–1826

Ngāpuhi warrior, trader

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Pōmare II', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128129/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).