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Haurongo: Te Kawau, Āpihai

Haurongo tūhonohono

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hobson, William

1792–1842

Naval officer, colonial governor

Waikato (left), Hongi Hika (centre) and Thomas Kendall (right)

Hongi Hika

1772–1828

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, military campaigner

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Martin, William

1807 (year uncertain)–1880

Judge, writer

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

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

Biographies that mention Te Kawau, Āpihai

Angas, George French

1822–1886

Artist, naturalist, writer

Reweti, Ngāpipi

1883 to 1884 (year uncertain)–1957

Ngāti Whātua land negotiator

Russell, Mārama

1875 to 1876 (year uncertain)–1952

Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa tohunga, midwife, woman of mana

Pāora Tūhaere, about 1875

Tūhaere, Pāora

?–1892

Ngāti Whātua leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ani Pihema rāua ko Ruby Kerei rāua ko Steven Oliver. 'Te Kawau, Āpihai', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128794/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).