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Haurongo: Völkner, Carl Sylvius

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Tohi Te Ururangi, early 1860s

Tohi Te Ururangi

?–1864

Ngāti Whakaue leader, assessor

Biographies that mention Völkner, Carl Sylvius

Alexander, Jessie

1876–1962

Presbyterian deaconess and missionary

Apanui, Wēpiha

Ngāti Awa leader, carver

Āporotanga, Tuakana

?–1937

Te Whakatōhea leader, Ringatū tohunga

Fulloon, James Francis

1840–1865

Interpreter, public servant

Garavel, Joseph Marie

1823 to 1824 (year uncertain)–1885

Missionary

Grace, Thomas Samuel

1815–1879

Missionary

Mōkena Kōhere

Kōhere, Mōkena

?–1894

Ngāti Porou leader, assessor, politician

Kūkūtai, Waata Pihikete

?–1867

Waikato leader, farmer, assessor

Maunsell, Robert

1810–1894

Missionary, linguist, translator

Mokomoko

?–1866

Te Whakatōhea leader

Moran, Patrick

1823 (year uncertain)–1895

Catholic bishop

Nahe, Hoani

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāti Maru historian, politician

Nihoniho, Matutaera

1850–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, storekeeper, assessor

Redwood, Francis William

1839–1935

Catholic archbishop

Tamarau Waiari

1835–1904

Tūhoe leader, tohunga

Ngāti Pikiao leader Te Pōkiha Taranui with his wife Ngārangikakī

Taranui, Te Pōkiha

?–1901

Ngāti Pikiao leader, soldier

Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripi

Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri and Ngāti Awa leader

Te Pairi Tūterangi about 1930

Te Pairi Tūterangi

?–1954

Tūhoe leader, tohunga, orator, carver, weaver

Te Popo, Hira

?–1889

Te Whakatōhea leader

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi, about 1869

Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi

?–1883

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, soldier, assessor, politician, farmer

Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) with his wife (probably his third wife, Te Mata Kaihoe)

Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa

?–1898

Muaūpoko leader, military leader, assessor, land purchase officer

Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikāheke

Te Rangikāheke, Wiremu Maihi

?–1896

Ngāti Rangiwewehi leader, scholar, public servant

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

Te Rau, Kereopa

?–1872

Ngāti Rangiwewehi warrior, Pai Mārire leader

Te Ua Haumēne, early 1860s

Te Ua Haumēne

?–1866

Taranaki leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Whenuanui

?–1907

Tūhoe chief, builder and carver

Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, one of the instigators of the King movement

Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene

?–1881

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa leader, missionary, assessor

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, minister of religion, carver, composer of haka

Tōpia Peehi Tūroa

Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi

?–1903

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader

Rāpata Wahawaha

Wahawaha, Rāpata

?–1897

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, farmer, politician, assessor

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Evelyn Stokes. 'Völkner, Carl Sylvius', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129111/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).