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Haurongo: Te Ua Haumēne

Haurongo tūhonohono

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

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

Engraved portrait of Tohu Kākahi

Tohu Kākahi

1828–1907

Te Āti Awa and Taranaki prophet

Völkner, Carl Sylvius

1819–1865

Missionary

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

Whiteley, John

1806–1869

Missionary

Biographies that mention Te Ua Haumēne

Bent, Kimble

1837–1916

Soldier, deserter, Pākehā-Māori, character

Chute, Trevor

1816–1886

Soldier

Matete, Anaru

?–1890

Rongowhakaata leader, farmer

Mokomoko

?–1866

Te Whakatōhea leader

Ngātai, Wiremu Nēra

Ngāti Ruanui missionary, mediator

Parris, Robert Reid

1816 (year uncertain)–1904

School administrator, politician, public servant, interpreter, soldier, judge

Horomona Pōhio

Pōhio, Horomona

1815–1880

Ngāi Tahu leader, missionary, assessor, land protester

Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana

Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu

1873–1939

Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripi

Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri and Ngāti Awa leader

Wiremu Te Kāhui Kararehe

Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremu

1846–1904

Taranaki leader, historian

Hirini Te Kani

Te Kani, Hirini

?–1896

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier

Kereopa Te Rau, photographed at Napier prison on 8 December 1871

Te Rau, Kereopa

?–1872

Ngāti Rangiwewehi warrior, Pai Mārire leader

Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga

1860–1939

Ngāi Tūmapuhiārangi; farmer, horse breeder, religious leader, local politician

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

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

Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngi

?–1881

Ngāi Te Rangi leader, mission teacher, assessor

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lyndsay Head. 'Te Ua Haumēne', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128912/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).