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Haurongo: Niniwa-i-te-rangi

Haurongo tūhonohono

Mackay, Alexander

1833–1909

Farmer, explorer, linguist, magistrate, land court judge

Mackay, Elizabeth

1842 to 1847 (year uncertain)–1897

Homemaker

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Paratene Ngata (right), Elsdon Best (centre) and John Nukunuku (left)

Ngata, Paratene

1849 (year uncertain)–1924

Ngāti Porou leader, storekeeper, soldier, farmer, assessor

Wiremu Pere, photographed between 1884 and 1887

Pere, Wiremu

1837–1915

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata; politician, runholder

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V

Te Heuheu Tūkino V, Tūreiti

1865 to 1866 (year uncertain)–1921

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, politician

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 Niniwa-i-te-rangi

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

Maika, Pūrākau

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; newspaper editor and publisher

Te Whāiti, Kaihau Te Rangikakapi Maikara

1863–1937

Ngāti Kahungunu woman of mana

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Niniwa-i-te-rangi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127912/related-biographies (accessed 14 July 2026).