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Haurongo: Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremu

Haurongo tūhonohono

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hadfield, Octavius

1814 (year uncertain)–1904

Missionary, bishop

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Hēni Te Kiri Karamū

Te Kiri Karamū, Hēni

1840–1933

Te Arawa woman of mana, teacher, warrior, interpreter

Tuaia, Pene Taka

?–1889

Ngāi Te Rangi warrior, military engineer, land protester

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremu

Pāpāhia, Hone Tana

1856 to 1859 (year uncertain)–1912

Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi; Anglican clergyman, missionary

Puhirake, Rāwiri

?–1864

Ngāi Te Rangi leader, war leader

Hoani Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, member of the House of Representatives for Western Māori from 1886 to 1893

Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoani

1839 to 1840 (year uncertain)–1896

Ngāti Raukawa leader, politician, horse-racing steward, farmer

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ngahuia Dixon. 'Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremu', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128697/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).