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Haurongo: Pio, Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua

Haurongo tūhonohono

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer

Māori outside a meeting house at Waipahihi, with Te Rangitāhau standing at the front

Te Rangitāhau,

?–1900

Ngāti Hineuru and Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, warrior

Waitere, Tene

1853 to 1854 (year uncertain)–1931

Ngāti Tarāwhai carver

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

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Hirini Mead. 'Pio, Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128100/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).