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Haurongo: Te Whatanui

Haurongo tūhonohono

Hadfield, Octavius

1814 (year uncertain)–1904

Missionary, bishop

View of the pā of Pōmare II at the Bay of Islands, June 1846, by Cyprian Bridge

Pōmare II

?–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader, trader

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui

?–1846

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi

?–1836 to 1837 (year uncertain)

Ngāti Tama leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Williams, Henry

1792–1867

Missionary

Biographies that mention Te Whatanui

Nuku-pewapewa

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Pōmare I

?–1826

Ngāpuhi warrior, trader

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal, 1956

Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē

1896–1965

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tamaterā leader, land officer, Maori welfare officer, soldier, sportsman

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 Moananui, Kurupō

?–1861

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Te Pareihe

?–1844

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader

Te Rangihaeata painted by Charles Heaphy

Te Rangihaeata

?–1855

Ngāti Toa leader, warrior

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Te Wharepōuri

Te Wharepōuri, Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi

?–1842

Te Āti Awa leader

Tiakitai

?–1847

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, trader

Te Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Te Peehi

?–1845

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, warrior, composer of waiata

Waitohi

?–1839

Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Te Whatanui', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128938/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).