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Haurongo: Rukupō, Raharuhi

Haurongo tūhonohono

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Rangihaeata painted by Charles Heaphy

Te Rangihaeata

?–1855

Ngāti Toa leader, warrior

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, minister of religion, carver, composer of haka

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Rukupō, Raharuhi

Biggs, Reginald Newton

1831–1868

Station manager, soldier, magistrate

Halbert, Thomas

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1865

Whaler, trader, founding father

Mōkena Kōhere

Kōhere, Mōkena

?–1894

Ngāti Porou leader, assessor, politician

Matete, Anaru

?–1890

Rongowhakaata leader, farmer

Ngākaho, Tāmati

?–1904 (year uncertain)

Ngāti Porou carver

Perohuka, Te Waaka

Rongowhakaata tohunga and carver

Ōtene Pītau (seated, right) at the first meeting of the Tākitimu Māori Council, 10 June 1902

Pītau, Ōtene

1834 to 1835 (year uncertain)–1921

Rongowhakaata leader

Richmond, James Crowe

1822–1898

Engineer, artist, politician, journalist, administrator

Hirini Te Kani

Te Kani, Hirini

?–1896

Ngāti Porou leader, soldier

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Pakariki Harrison rāua ko Steven Oliver. 'Rukupō, Raharuhi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993, whakahou July 2020. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128355/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).