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Haurongo: Te Rau, Kereopa

Haurongo tūhonohono

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Porter, Thomas William

1843–1920

Soldier, land purchase officer

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Ua Haumēne, early 1860s

Te Ua Haumēne

?–1866

Taranaki leader, prophet, religious founder

Völkner, Carl Sylvius

1819–1865

Missionary

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

Biographies that mention Te Rau, Kereopa

Apanui, Wēpiha

Ngāti Awa leader, carver

Āporotanga, Tuakana

?–1937

Te Whakatōhea leader, Ringatū tohunga

Mokomoko

?–1866

Te Whakatōhea leader

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, about 1870

Ngātata, Wiremu Tako

?–1887

Te Āti Awa leader, peacemaker, politician

Nihoniho, Matutaera

1850–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, storekeeper, assessor

Wiremu Pere, photographed between 1884 and 1887

Pere, Wiremu

1837–1915

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata; politician, runholder

Tamarau Waiari

1835–1904

Tūhoe leader, tohunga

Hēni Te Kiri Karamū

Te Kiri Karamū, Hēni

1840–1933

Te Arawa woman of mana, teacher, warrior, interpreter

Te Popo, Hira

?–1889

Te Whakatōhea leader

Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke

Te Rangikāheke, Wiremu Maihi

?–1896

Ngāti Rangiwewehi leader, scholar, public servant

Te Whenuanui

?–1907

Tūhoe chief, builder and carver

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Steven Oliver. 'Te Rau, Kereopa', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou June 2014. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128878/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).