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Haurongo: Te Kani-a-Takirau

Haurongo tūhonohono

Cook, James

1728–1779

Naval officer, cartographer, navigator, explorer

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Te Kani-a-Takirau

Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

Harris, Edward Francis

1834–1898

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and Rongowhakaata; public servant, interpreter, landowner, genealogist

Harris, John Williams

1808–1872

Trader, whaler, farmer

Hinematioro

?–1823

Ngāti Porou leader

Manuel José

Trader, founding father

Nuku-pewapewa

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Hēmi Pōtatau, 1977

Pōtatau, Hēmi

1904–1994

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rākaipaaka; Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer

Taumata-ā-Kura, Piripi

Ngāti Porou evangelist

Hirini Te Kani

Te Kani, Hirini

?–1896

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier

Te Rangiuia, Nōpera

Ngāti Porou leader, tohunga

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Steven Oliver. 'Te Kani-a-Takirau', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou November 2001. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128792/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).