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Haurongo: Te Pēhi Kupe

Haurongo tūhonohono

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Portrait of Eruera Maihi Patuone by John Nicol Crombie

Patuone, Eruera Maihi

?–1872

Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, government adviser

Te Rangihaeata painted by Charles Heaphy

Te Rangihaeata

?–1855

Ngāti Toa leader, warrior

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

Biographies that mention Te Pēhi Kupe

Ngātata-i-te-rangi

?–1854

Te Āti Awa leader

Wīremu Te Kākākura Parata Waipunaahau, 1890s

Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau

?–1906

Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa leader, farmer, politician

Te Mātenga Taiaroa, about 1860

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

?–1863

Ngāi Tahu leader

Taki, Pāora

?–1897

Ngāi Tahu leader, warrior

Tama-i-hara-nui

?–1830 to 1831 (year uncertain)

Ngāi Tahu leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Steven Oliver. 'Te Pēhi Kupe', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128834/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).