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Haurongo: Kaikoura Whakatau

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fyffe, Alexander Robert

1811 (year uncertain)–1854

Whaler, runholder

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Mackay, James

1831–1912

Farmer, explorer, public servant, administrator, politician

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant

1820–1895

Public servant, politician, naturalist

McDonnell, Thomas

1831 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1899

Public servant, military leader, writer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Weld, Frederick Aloysius

1823–1891

Pastoralist, politician, premier, explorer, artist, colonial governor

Biographies that mention Kaikoura Whakatau

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Harry C. Evison. 'Kaikoura Whakatau', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127270/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).