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Haurongo: Ruatara

Haurongo tūhonohono

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

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Engraved portrait of Te Pahi

Te Pahi

?–1810

Ngāpuhi leader, traveller

Biographies that mention Ruatara

Kendall, Thomas

1778 (uncertain)–1832

Missionary, orthographer, linguist

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Pōmare I

?–1826

Ngāpuhi warrior, trader

Tuai

2018 (uncertain)–1824

Ngare Raumati leader, cultural go-between

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Ruatara', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128351/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).