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Haurongo: Sheehan, John

Haurongo tūhonohono

Ballance, John

1839–1893

Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Bryce, John

1833–1913

Farmer, soldier, politician

Davis, Charles Oliver Bond

1817 to 1818 (year uncertain)–1887

Interpreter, writer, land purchase agent

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Mackay, James

1831–1912

Farmer, explorer, public servant, administrator, politician

Mair, Gilbert

1843–1923

Surveyor, interpreter, soldier, public servant

Rewi Manga Maniapoto photographed by Elizabeth Pulman

Maniapoto, Rewi Manga

?–1894

Ngāti Maniapoto leader, war leader

McDonnell, Thomas

1831 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1899

Public servant, military leader, writer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Moran, Patrick

1823 (year uncertain)–1895

Catholic bishop

O'Sullivan, Richard James

1826 (year uncertain)–1889

Teacher, school inspector

Ormond, John Davies

1831 (year uncertain)–1917

Runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Russell, John Benjamin

1834–1894

Lawyer, businessman, landscape gardener

Russell, Thomas

1830–1904

Lawyer, businessman, politician, financier, land speculator

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

Karaitiana Takamoana, 1870s

Takamoana, Karaitiana

?–1879

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, politician

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

Tempsky, Gustavus Ferdinand von

1828–1868

Soldier, writer, artist

Pāora Tūhaere, about 1875

Tūhaere, Pāora

?–1892

Ngāti Whātua leader

A group of well-dressed middle aged and elderly Pākehā standing and sitting on the verandah of a house beside a table with a teapot and cups.

Williams, James Nelson

1837–1915

Runholder, orchardist, entrepreneur

Williams, Samuel

1822–1907

Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

Williamson, John

1815–1875

Printer, newspaper proprietor, politician

Biographies that mention Sheehan, John

Andrews, Samuel Paul

1836 (year uncertain)–1916

Plasterer, politician, businessman

Bowen, Charles Christopher

1830–1917

Administrator, politician, poet, magistrate, educationalist

Dignan, Patrick

1813 to 1814 (year uncertain)–1894

Businessman, politician

Graham, George Samuel

1874–1952

Accountant, lawyer, ethnographer, native agent

Hiroki, Wiremu

?–1882

Convicted murderer, protester

Matua, Hēnare

?–1894

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, reformer, politician

McVeagh, Robert

1866–1944

Lawyer

Nahe, Hoani

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāti Maru historian, politician

Horomona Pōhio

Pōhio, Horomona

1815–1880

Ngāi Tahu leader, missionary, assessor, land protester

Rees, William Lee

1836–1912

Lawyer, politician

Russell, Henry Robert

1817–1891

Runholder, politician

Searancke, William Nicholas

1817 (year uncertain)–1904

Surveyor, land purchase commissioner, resident magistrate, land agent

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, member of the House of Representatives for Southern Māori from 1871

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

?–1905

Ngāi Tahu leader, politician, assessor

Hirini Rāwiri Taiwhanga

Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri

1832 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1890

Ngāpuhi petitioner, politician

Te Maiharoa, Hipa

?–1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)

Ngāi Tahu leader, tohunga, prophet

Wiremu Te Wheoro

Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa

?–1895

Waikato leader, assessor, soldier, native commissioner, mediator, politician, diplomat

Hēnare Tomoana, photographed on 29 April 1873

Tomoana, Hēnare

?–1904

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti leader, military leader, newspaper publisher, politician

Tuaia, Pene Taka

?–1889

Ngāi Te Rangi warrior, military engineer, land protester

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

D. B. Waterson. 'Sheehan, John', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128460/related-biographies (accessed 14 July 2026).