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Haurongo: Ballance, John

Haurongo tūhonohono

Atkinson, Harry Albert

1831–1892

Farmer, soldier, politician, social reformer, premier

Bryce, John

1833–1913

Farmer, soldier, politician

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Reeves, William Pember

1857–1932

Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, 1880s

Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku

?–1888

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, carver

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

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Willis, Archibald Dudingston

1842–1908

Printer, bookseller, publisher, politician

Biographies that mention Ballance, John

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Cleghorn, George

1850–1902

Doctor

Members of the Eight Hour Day Committee, which organised the first Labour Day celebrations in 1890

Fisher, David Patrick

1849 to 1852 (year uncertain)–1912

Printer, trade unionist, public servant

Forbes, George William

1869–1947

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Hall, John

1824–1907

Runholder, politician, premier

Hall-Jones, William

1851–1936

Builder, prime minister, diplomat

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

McKenzie, John

1839–1901

Farmer, politician, political reformer

Mitchelson, Edwin

1846–1934

Timber merchant, politician

Montgomery, William

1821 (uncertain)–1914

Merchant, politician, educationalist, runholder

Onslow, William Hillier

1853–1911

Politician, colonial governor

Group shot of the Ōtorohanga Town Board.

Ormsby, John

1854–1927

Ngāti Maniapoto negotiator, local politician, farmer, businessman

Wiremu Pere, photographed between 1884 and 1887

Pere, Wiremu

1837–1915

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata; politician, runholder

Raukawa, Te Mete

1836 to 1837 (year uncertain)–1926

Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor, sportsman

Saunders, Alfred

1820 (year uncertain)–1905

Miller, farmer, reformer, politician, provincial superintendent, historian

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Sheppard, Katherine Wilson

1847–1934

Suffragist, social reformer, writer

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, member of the House of Representatives for Southern Māori from 1871

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

?–1905

Ngāi Tahu leader, politician, assessor

Hoani Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, member of the House of Representatives for Western Māori from 1886 to 1893

Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoani

1839 to 1840 (year uncertain)–1896

Ngāti Raukawa leader, politician, horse-racing steward, farmer

Ngāti Maniapoto chiefs, 1885, photographed by Alfred Henry Burton

Taonui Hīkaka

?–1892

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Mita Taupopoki

Taupopoki, Mita

1845 to 1846 (year uncertain)–1935

Tūhourangi and Ngāti Wāhiao leader

Te Maari-o-te-rangi, Piripi

1837 (year uncertain)–1895

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, protester, orator

Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho

Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Mānihera

?–1885

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, assessor

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

Wiremu Te Wheoro

Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa

?–1895

Waikato leader, assessor, soldier, native commissioner, mediator, politician, diplomat

Hēnare Tomoana, photographed on 29 April 1873

Tomoana, Hēnare

?–1904

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti leader, military leader, newspaper publisher, politician

Travers, William Thomas Locke

1819–1903

Lawyer, magistrate, politician, explorer, naturalist, photographer

Tregear, Edward Robert

1846–1931

Soldier, surveyor, linguist, Polynesian scholar, writer, public servant, political reformer

Veitch, William Andrew

1870–1961

Railway worker, trade unionist, politician

Wakefield, Edward

1845–1924

Public servant, journalist, politician

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tim McIvor. 'Ballance, John', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126011/related-biographies (accessed 24 June 2026).