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Haurongo: Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau

Haurongo tūhonohono

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Colenso, William

1811–1899

Printer, missionary, explorer, naturalist, politician

Rewi Manga Maniapoto photographed by Elizabeth Pulman

Maniapoto, Rewi Manga

?–1894

Ngāti Maniapoto leader, war leader

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

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

Hēnare Tomoana, photographed on 29 April 1873

Tomoana, Hēnare

?–1904

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

Biographies that mention Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau

Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua Boyd in front of a painting of her grandfather, Hoani Te Rangitakaiwaho, by Gottfried Lindauer

Boyd, Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua

1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)–1959

Ngāti Moe woman of mana, interpreter

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury

Jury, Hoani Te Whatahoro

1841–1923

Ngāti Kahungunu scholar, recorder, interpreter

Mackenzie, Mackay John Scobie

1845–1901

Writer, runholder, politician

Mahupuku, Maata

1890–1952

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana

Maika, Pūrākau

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; newspaper editor and publisher

Matthews, Henry John

1859–1909

Nurseryman, forester

Nation, William Charles

1840–1930

Printer, journalist, newspaper proprietor, spiritualist, tree planter

Parata, Katherine Te Rongokahira

1873–1939

Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Pikiao woman of mana

Haimona Pātete, about 1900

Pātete, Haimona

1863 to 1864 (year uncertain)–1921

Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, religious founder

Mohi Te Ātahīkoia

Te Ātahīkoia, Mohi

?–1928

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, politician, historian

Te Atua, Hēnare

?–1912

Ngāti Kahungunu 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

Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi with his daughter

Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāone

1843 to 1844 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer

Williams, Joshua Strange

1837–1915

Lawyer, politician, judge, university chancellor

Wilson, James Glenny

1849–1929

Farmer, politician, farming lobbyist

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127595/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).