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Haurongo: Tiakitai

Haurongo tūhonohono

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

Rhodes, William Barnard

1807 (year uncertain)–1878

Pastoralist, merchant, investor, community leader, politician

Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs

Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui

?–1846

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

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

Biographies that mention Tiakitai

Airini Donnelly

Donnelly, Airini

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1909

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana, landowner

Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi Kawepō

Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi

?–1888

Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, missionary

Matua, Hēnare

?–1894

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, reformer, politician

Mohi Te Ātahīkoia

Te Ātahīkoia, Mohi

?–1928

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, politician, historian

Te Hāpuku, 1870s

Te Hāpuku

?–1878

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader, farmer, assessor

Te Moananui, Kurupō

?–1861

Ngāti Kahungunu leader

Te Pareihe

?–1844

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti leader

Te Wera Hauraki

?–1839

Ngāpuhi leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Tiakitai', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128990/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).