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Haurongo: Searancke, William Nicholas

Haurongo tūhonohono

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Parris, Robert Reid

1816 (year uncertain)–1904

School administrator, politician, public servant, interpreter, soldier, judge

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (left), Te Waru (centre) and Te Pakaru (right), painted by George French Angas

Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau

?–1860

Waikato leader, warrior, Māori King

Biographies that mention Searancke, William Nicholas

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Mahuta, Tonga

1892 to 1893 (year uncertain)–1947

Ngāti Mahuta leader

Te Mānihera Te Rangi-taka-i-waho

Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Mānihera

?–1885

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, assessor

Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi, one of the instigators of the King movement

Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene

?–1881

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Toa leader, missionary, assessor

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Sally Maclean. 'Searancke, William Nicholas', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128430/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).