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Haurongo: Mackay, Alexander

Haurongo tūhonohono

Haast, Julius von

1822–1887

Explorer, geologist, writer, museum founder

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Smith, Stephenson Percy

1840–1922

Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer

Biographies that mention Mackay, Alexander

MacGregor, Duncan

1843–1906

University professor, public servant, health administrator

MacGregor, John

1849 to 1850 (year uncertain)–1936

Lawyer, politician, writer

Mackay, James

1831–1912

Farmer, explorer, public servant, administrator, politician

Hūria Mātenga, photographed at Nelson some time between 1872 and 1885

Mātenga, Hūria

1840 to 1842 (year uncertain)–1909

Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa woman of mana, landowner

Niniwa-i-te-rangi's marriage to Tamaihotua Āporo, around 1900

Niniwa-i-te-rangi

1854–1929

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana, editor

Tame Haereroa Parata

Parata, Tame Haereroa

1832 to 1838 (year uncertain)–1917

Ngāi Tahu leader, pilot, farmer, politician

Salmond, William

1835–1917

Presbyterian minister, university professor, writer

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

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

?–1905

Ngāi Tahu leader, politician, assessor

Te Maari-o-te-rangi, Piripi

1837 (year uncertain)–1895

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, protester, orator

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

David A. Armstrong. 'Mackay, Alexander', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127527/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).