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Haurongo: Waitoa, Rota

Haurongo tūhonohono

Hadfield, Octavius

1814 (year uncertain)–1904

Missionary, bishop

Kissling, Margaret

1808–1891

Homemaker, teacher, missionary

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Servant, Louis Catherin

1808–1860

Priest, missionary

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Waitoa, Rota

Abraham, Charles John

1814–1903

Clergyman, teacher, bishop

George, Frances Shayle

1827 to 1829 (year uncertain)–1890

Teacher, writer, educationalist

Te Houkāmau, Iharaira

?–1875

Ngāti Porou leader

Thatcher, Frederick

1814–1890

Architect, public servant, clergyman

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

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

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

G. J. Dempsey. 'Waitoa, Rota', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129127/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).