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Haurongo: Whiteley, John

Haurongo tūhonohono

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Biographies that mention Whiteley, John

Buddle, Thomas

1812–1883

Missionary, Methodist leader

Ironside, Samuel

1814–1897

Missionary, community leader

Ngātai, Wiremu Nēra

Ngāti Ruanui missionary, mediator

Parris, Robert Reid

1816 (year uncertain)–1904

School administrator, politician, public servant, interpreter, soldier, judge

Later life

Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra

?–1866

Waikato leader, missionary, assessor, mediator

Te Kirikūmara, Īhāia

?–1873

Te Āti Awa leader

Hōne Wētere Te Rerenga photographed in 1885 with a woman, possibly his second wife Te Āta Hoani, and one of his children

Te Rerenga, Hōne Wētere

?–1889

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Te Ua Haumēne, early 1860s

Te Ua Haumēne

?–1866

Taranaki leader, prophet, religious founder

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Graham Brazendale. 'Whiteley, John', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129213/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).