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Haurongo: Taurua, Ngāwaka

Haurongo tūhonohono

Cameron, Duncan Alexander

1808–1888

Soldier, military leader

Chute, Trevor

1816–1886

Soldier

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

McDonnell, Thomas

1831 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1899

Public servant, military leader, writer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Richmond, James Crowe

1822–1898

Engineer, artist, politician, journalist, administrator

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Biographies that mention Taurua, Ngāwaka

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ian Church. 'Taurua, Ngāwaka', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128715/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).