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Haurongo: Te Whakataupuka

Haurongo tūhonohono

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Weller, Edward

1814 (year uncertain)–1893

Whaler, merchant, coloniser, adventurer

Biographies that mention Te Whakataupuka

A sketch of Te Whakataupuka by John Boultbee

Boultbee, John

1799–1854

Traveller, sealer, diarist

Te Mātenga Taiaroa, about 1860

Taiaroa, Te Mātenga

?–1863

Ngāi Tahu leader

Tama-i-hara-nui

?–1830 to 1831 (year uncertain)

Ngāi Tahu leader

Tūhawaiki, Hone

?–1844

Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, mariner, trader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Atholl Anderson. 'Te Whakataupuka', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128934/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).