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Haurongo: Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa

Haurongo tūhonohono

Ballance, John

1839–1893

Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Chute, Trevor

1816–1886

Soldier

Featherston, Isaac Earl

1813–1876

Doctor, politician, provincial superintendent

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hoani Wiremu Hīpango (right), with Richard Taylor (centre) and his son Basil (left), England, 1855

Hīpango, Hoani Wiremu

1820 (year uncertain)–1865

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, teacher, assessor

McKenzie, John

1839–1901

Farmer, politician, political reformer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Hōri Kīngi Te Ānaua (left), John White (centre), and Te Ua Haumēne (right), 1860s

Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngi

?–1868

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, assessor

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Tōpia Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi

?–1903

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader

Völkner, Carl Sylvius

1819–1865

Missionary

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

Whitaker, Frederick

1812–1891

Lawyer, entrepreneur, politician, premier

Whitmore, George Stoddart

1829–1903

Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Biographies that mention Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa

Adamson, Thomas

1845–1913

Soldier, farmer

Bowen, George Ferguson

1821–1899

Colonial governor

Buller, Walter Lawry

1838–1906

Interpreter, magistrate, ornithologist, lawyer

A gathering of Māori linguists

Ehau, Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha

1885–1970

Ngāti Tarāwhai and Ngāti Whakaue leader, law clerk, interpreter, soldier, historian, orator

John Te Herekiekie Grace and his secretary

Grace, John Te Herekiekie

1905–1985

Ngāti Tūwharetoa; interpreter, public servant, community leader, high commissioner

Hiroki, Wiremu

?–1882

Convicted murderer, protester

Hunter, William Magee

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1868

Soldier

Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku and his wife, Āreta

Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau

1837 to 1842 (year uncertain)–1904

Ngati Kahungunu leader, runholder, assessor, newspaper proprietor

Mangakāhia, Hāmiora

1838–1918

Ngāti Whanaunga leader, assessor, politician

McDonnell, Thomas

1831 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1899

Public servant, military leader, writer

Nahe, Hoani

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāti Maru historian, politician

Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai, about 1880

Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroi

?–1884

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi tohunga, military leader, assessor

Hōri Pukehika carving with a Māori adze, or toki, 1906

Pukehika, Hōri

?–1932

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, carver

Rere-ō-maki

?–1868

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi woman of mana

Roberts, John Mackintosh

1840–1928

Soldier, resident magistrate, administrator

Taylor, Richard

1805–1873

Missionary, naturalist, writer

Te Aweawe, Te Peeti

?–1884

Rangitāne leader

Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, 1880s

Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku

?–1888

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, carver

Hēmi Tōpine Te Mamaku at Tāwhata in the King Country, 1885

Te Mamaku, Hēmi Tōpine

?–1887

Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi leader

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi, about 1869

Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi

?–1883

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, soldier, assessor, politician, farmer

Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihana

?–1898

Rangitāne leader, peacemaker

Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

1844 to 1845 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Hauā leader, kingmaker, King movement leader

Rumatiki Ruth Wright with Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett

Wright, Rūmātiki Ruth

1908–1982

Ngāti Kura; Māori welfare officer, community leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Anthony Dreaver. 'Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128854/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).