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Haurongo: Kaihau, Hēnare

Haurongo tūhonohono

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Hēnare Kaihau

Kaihau, Hēnare

1854 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1920

Ngāti Te Ata leader, politician, adviser to the Māori King

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Maunsell, Robert

1810–1894

Missionary, linguist, translator

McKenzie, John

1839–1901

Farmer, politician, political reformer

McNab, Robert

1864–1917

Lawyer, farmer, politician, historian

Māui Pōmare alongside a raupō whare at the Christchurch exhibition in 1906 or 1907

Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera

1875 to 1876 (year uncertain)–1930

Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Toa; medical officer, Māori health reformer, politician

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Biographies that mention Kaihau, Hēnare

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Hēnare Kaihau

Kaihau, Hēnare

1854 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1920

Ngāti Te Ata leader, politician, adviser to the Māori King

A political meeting at Huntly, 1898

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1912

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King, politician

Rāwhiti, T. T.

1851 (year uncertain)–1927

Ngāti Hauā; King movement secretary and administrator

Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaia

1852–1919

Tapuika, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi; tohunga, historian, genealogist, writer

Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (seated, right) and others

Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1877 to 1880 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King

Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

1844 to 1845 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Hauā leader, kingmaker, King movement leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

DNZB. 'Kaihau, Hēnare', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127268/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).