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Haurongo: Brown, John Macmillan

Haurongo tūhonohono

Baxter, James Keir

1926–1972

Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist, museum director

Connon, Helen

1859 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1903

University graduate, school principal

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Biographies that mention Brown, John Macmillan

Alpers, Oscar Thorwald Johan

1867–1927

Teacher, journalist, writer, poet, lawyer, judge

Barnicoat, Constance Alice

1872–1922

Secretary, interpreter, mountaineer, journalist

The Baxter family

Baxter, Archibald McColl Learmond

1881–1970

Pacifist, writer

Millicent and James Baxter

Baxter, Millicent Amiel

1888–1984

Pacifist

Cook, Charles Henry Herbert

1843–1910

University professor

Fels, Willi

1858–1946

Merchant, collector, philanthropist

Firth, Joseph

1859–1931

School principal

Grossmann, Edith Searle

1863–1931

Teacher, novelist, journalist, feminist

Malcolm Ross, 1910

Ross, Forrestina Elizabeth

1860–1936

Teacher, mountaineer, journalist, writer

Ross, Forrestina Elizabeth

1862–1930

Journalist, mountaineer, writer

Seager, Samuel Hurst

1855–1933

Builder, draftsman, architect, town planner

Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh

1868–1918

Merchant, bibliophile, collector

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Cherry Hankin. 'Brown, John Macmillan', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126229/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).