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Haurongo: Wynyard, Robert Henry

Haurongo tūhonohono

Browne, Thomas Robert Gore

1807–1887

Soldier, colonial governor

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader

Te Ruki Kawiti

Kawiti, Te Ruki

?–1854

Ngāpuhi leader, warrior

Martin, William

1807 (year uncertain)–1880

Judge, writer

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Biographies that mention Wynyard, Robert Henry

Abraham, Charles John

1814–1903

Clergyman, teacher, bishop

Brown, William

1809 to 1810 (year uncertain)–1898

Merchant, writer, newspaper proprietor, politician, provincial superintendent

Clifford, Charles

1813–1893

Pastoralist, politician, businessman

FitzGerald, James Edward

1818–1896

Journalist, provincial superintendent, politician, public servant

James Hēnare, about 1945

Hēnare, James Clendon Tau

1911–1989

Ngāpuhi leader, military leader, farmer, community leader

Taurekareka Hēnare, 1929

Hēnare, Taurekareka

1877 to 1878 (year uncertain)–1940

Ngāpuhi leader, politician

Mason, William

1810–1897

Architect, politician, local politician

Monro, David

1813–1877

Doctor, politician

Sewell, Henry

1807–1879

Lawyer, administrator, politician, premier

Sinclair, Andrew

1794–1861

Naval surgeon, naturalist, colonial secretary

Swainson, William

1809–1884

Lawyer, attorney general, politician, church chancellor

Te Horetā

?–1853

Ngāti Whanaunga leader

Portrait of Hōniana Te Puni-kōkopu, by Charles Heaphy

Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana

?–1870

Te Āti Awa leader, government adviser

Wakefield, Edward Gibbon

1796–1862

Political theorist, colonial promoter, politician

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Frank Rogers. 'Wynyard, Robert Henry', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1990. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129315/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).