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Haurongo: Wahawaha, Rāpata

Haurongo tūhonohono

Atkinson, Harry Albert

1831–1892

Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Biggs, Reginald Newton

1831–1868

Station manager, soldier, magistrate

Mair, Gilbert

1843–1923

Surveyor, interpreter, soldier, public servant

Karaitiana Takamoana, 1870s

Takamoana, Karaitiana

?–1879

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, politician

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Tāmihana Te Rauparaha, 1869

Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana

?–1876

Ngāti Toa leader, evangelist, writer, sheepfarmer, assessor

Völkner, Carl Sylvius

1819–1865

Missionary

Īhaka Whaanga photographed by William James Harding

Whaanga, Īhaka

?–1875

Ngāti Rākaipaaka leader, assessor, military leader

Whitmore, George Stoddart

1829–1903

Soldier, military leader, runholder, politician

Biographies that mention Wahawaha, Rāpata

Bowen, George Ferguson

1821–1899

Colonial governor

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Crawford, William Fitzgerald

1844–1915

Storekeeper, brewer, mayor, photographer

Fanny Rose Howie née Porter (right) with her sisters (from left) Belle, Minnie and Ada

Howie, Fanny Rose

1868–1916

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou; singer, composer

Īhāia Hūtana, editor of the Māori newspaper Huia Tangata Kotahi

Hūtana, Īhāia

1843 to 1844 (year uncertain)–1938

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, newspaper editor, assessor

Mōkena Kōhere

Kōhere, Mōkena

?–1894

Ngāti Porou leader, assessor, politician

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Ngākaho, Tāmati

?–1904 (year uncertain)

Ngāti Porou carver

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Paratene Ngata (right), Elsdon Best (centre) and John Nukunuku (left)

Ngata, Paratene

1849 (year uncertain)–1924

Ngāti Porou leader, storekeeper, soldier, farmer, assessor

Nihoniho, Matutaera

1850–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier, storekeeper, assessor

Porter, Thomas William

1843–1920

Soldier, land purchase officer

Hēnare Pōtae, about 1870

Pōtae, Hēnare

?–1895

Ngāti Porou leader

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

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

Te Rau, Kereopa

?–1872

Ngāti Rangiwewehi warrior, Pai Mārire leader

Hetekia Te Kani a Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe te Ua

te Ua, Hetekia Te Kani-ā-Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe

1892–1966

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader, genealogist, orator

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

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

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Steven Oliver. 'Wahawaha, Rāpata', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990, whakahou September 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129118/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).