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Haurongo: Takamoana, Karaitiana

Haurongo tūhonohono

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

Heaphy, Charles

1820–1881

Draughtsman, artist, surveyor, explorer, soldier, public servant

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Ormond, John Davies

1831 (year uncertain)–1917

Runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Te Hāpuku, 1870s

Te Hāpuku

?–1878

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader, farmer, assessor

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui

?–1846

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikau

?–1862

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Moananui, Kurupō

?–1861

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Te Pareihe

?–1844

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader

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

Hēnare Tomoana, photographed on 29 April 1873

Tomoana, Hēnare

?–1904

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti leader, military leader, newspaper publisher, politician

Whitmore, George Stoddart

1829–1903

Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Williams, Samuel

1822–1907

Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

Biographies that mention Takamoana, Karaitiana

Īhāia Hūtana, editor of the Māori newspaper Huia Tangata Kotahi

Hūtana, Īhāia

1843 to 1844 (year uncertain)–1938

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, newspaper editor, assessor

Kaiwhata, Pāora

?–1892

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi Kawepō

Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi

?–1888

Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, missionary

Matua, Hēnare

?–1894

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, reformer, politician

Nahe, Hoani

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāti Maru historian, politician

Hēnare Pōtae, about 1870

Pōtae, Hēnare

?–1895

Ngāti Porou leader

Russell, Henry Robert

1817–1891

Runholder, politician

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, 1880s

Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku

?–1888

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, carver

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Takamoana, Karaitiana', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128660/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).