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Haurongo: Shortland, Edward

Haurongo tūhonohono

Clarke, George

1798–1875

Missionary, teacher, public servant, politician, judge

Despard, Henry

1784 to 1785 (year uncertain)–1859

Soldier

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader

Hobson, William

1792–1842

Naval officer, colonial governor

Jones, John

1808 to 1809 (year uncertain)–1869

Sealer, whaler, ship owner, trader, entrepreneur

Karetai

?–1860

Ngāi Tahu leader

Te Ruki Kawiti

Kawiti, Te Ruki

?–1854

Ngāpuhi leader, warrior

Martin, William

1807 (year uncertain)–1880

Judge, writer

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Smith, Stephenson Percy

1840–1922

Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer

Spain, William

1803–1876

Land claims commissioner

Te Mātenga Taiaroa, about 1860

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

?–1863

Ngāi Tahu leader

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

?–1872

Ngāti Tamaterā leader

Taylor, Richard

1805–1873

Missionary, naturalist, writer

Te Huruhuru

?–1861

Ngāi Tahu leader

Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi

?–1836 to 1837 (year uncertain)

Ngāti Tama leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa

Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi

?–1866

Ngāti Hauā leader, teacher, diplomat

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

Matiaha Tiramōrehu, 1870s

Tiramōrehu, Matiaha

?–1881

Ngāi Tahu leader, teacher, land protester, assessor

Tregear, Edward Robert

1846–1931

Soldier, surveyor, linguist, Polynesian scholar, writer, public servant, political reformer

Biographies that mention Shortland, Edward

Beattie, James Herries

1881–1972

Bookkeeper, journalist, historian, ethnologist, bookseller

Chaseland, Thomas

1802 to 1803 (year uncertain)–1869

Sealer, whaler, pilot

Hocken, Thomas Morland

1836–1910

Doctor, historian, collector, bibliographer

Tōpi Pātuki

Pātuki, Tōpi

1810 to 1820 (year uncertain)–1900

Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, goldminer, storekeeper

Tūhawaiki, Hone

?–1844

Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, mariner, trader

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Atholl Anderson. 'Shortland, Edward', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou December 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128469/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).