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Haurongo: Gisborne, William

Haurongo tūhonohono

Bell, Francis Dillon

1822–1898

Public administrator, runholder, politician

Domett, Alfred

1811–1887

Journalist, politician, public servant, premier, writer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hall, John

1824–1907

Runholder, politician, premier

Macandrew, James

1819 (uncertain)–1887

Merchant, ship owner, politician, provincial superintendent

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Montgomery, William

1821 (uncertain)–1914

Merchant, politician, educationalist, runholder

O'Rorke, George Maurice

1830–1916

Politician, lawyer, educationalist

Reeves, William Pember

1857–1932

Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker

Saunders, Alfred

1820 (year uncertain)–1905

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

Sinclair, Andrew

1794–1861

Naval surgeon, naturalist, colonial secretary

Stack, James West

1835–1919

Missionary, clergyman, writer, interpreter

Stafford, Edward William

1819–1901

Politician, premier, runholder, pedigree stock-breeder, provincial superintendent, businessman, sportsman

Vogel, Julius

1835–1899

Journalist, politician, premier, writer

Wakefield, Edward

1845–1924

Public servant, journalist, politician

Biographies that mention Gisborne, William

Fenton, Francis Dart

1820 to 1825 (year uncertain)–1898

Magistrate, judge, public administrator, musician

FitzGerald, James Edward

1818–1896

Journalist, provincial superintendent, politician, public servant

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Mackenzie, Mackay John Scobie

1845–1901

Writer, runholder, politician

Moorhouse, William Sefton

1825 (year uncertain)–1881

Lawyer, politician, provincial superintendent

Reeves, William

1825–1891

Politician, newspaper editor

Rolleston, William

1831–1903

Public administrator, politician, provincial superintendent, educationalist

Tricker, Walter Pettit

1823 (year uncertain)–1907

Farmer, soldier, victim of injustice

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Edmund Bohan. 'Gisborne, William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126854/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).