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Haurongo: Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi

Haurongo tūhonohono

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 Pūoho-o-te-rangi

Karetai

?–1860

Ngāi Tahu leader

Hūria Mātenga, photographed at Nelson some time between 1872 and 1885

Mātenga, Hūria

1840 to 1842 (year uncertain)–1909

Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa woman of mana, landowner

Murupaenga

?–1826

Ngāti Whātua leader, war leader

Tōpi Pātuki

Pātuki, Tōpi

1810 to 1820 (year uncertain)–1900

Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, goldminer, storekeeper

Shortland, Edward

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Doctor, administrator, scholar, linguist

Te Mātenga Taiaroa, about 1860

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

?–1863

Ngāi Tahu leader

Te Huruhuru

?–1861

Ngāi Tahu leader

Te Kaeaea, early 1870s

Te Kaeaea

?–1871

Ngāti Tama leader

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

Tūhuru Kōkare

Poutini Ngāi Tahu leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Atholl Anderson. 'Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128844/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).