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Haurongo: Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

Haurongo tūhonohono

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Cameron, Duncan Alexander

1808–1888

Soldier, military leader

Fenton, Francis Dart

1820 to 1825 (year uncertain)–1898

Magistrate, judge, public administrator, musician

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Kūkūtai, Waata Pihikete

?–1867

Waikato leader, farmer, assessor

Maunsell, Robert

1810–1894

Missionary, linguist, translator

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Ngātata-i-te-rangi

?–1854

Te Āti Awa leader

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikau

?–1862

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Te Paea Tīaho

?–1875

Waikato woman of mana

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Te Waharoa

?–1838

Ngāti Hauā leader

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

White, William

1794–1875

Missionary

Whiteley, John

1806–1869

Missionary

Biographies that mention Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

Rongonui, Kahupāke

1868 to 1869 (year uncertain)–1947

Te Wai-o-Hua leader

Te Kirikūmara, Īhāia

?–1873

Te Āti Awa leader

Waitāoro

1848 to 1849 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Tama woman of mana

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Gary Scott. 'Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128746/related-biographies (accessed 5 June 2026).