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Haurongo: Rees, William Lee

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

Biographies that mention Rees, William Lee

Māori leaders of Gisborne, photographed in the early twentieth century

Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi

1880–1940

Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Whakatōhea; interpreter, private secretary, public administrator

Cadman, Alfred Jerome

1847–1905

Sawmiller, politician

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Garrard, William George

1832 to 1835 (year uncertain)–1906

Soldier, political activist, dog ranger

Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

Harris, Edward Francis

1834–1898

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and Rongowhakaata; public servant, interpreter, landowner, genealogist

Wiremu Pere, photographed between 1884 and 1887

Pere, Wiremu

1837–1915

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

Reed, George McCullagh

1831 to 1832 (year uncertain)–1898

Presbyterian minister, journalist, newspaper proprietor

Rees, Rosemary Frances

1875 to 1876 (year uncertain)–1963

Actress, theatre producer, novelist

Russell, Henry Robert

1817–1891

Runholder, politician

Formidable land claimant Kate Wyllie

Wyllie, Kate

?–1913

Rongowhakaata woman of mana

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Tom Brooking. 'Rees, William Lee', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128243/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).