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Haurongo: Smith, Stephenson Percy

Haurongo tūhonohono

Gully, John

1819 (year uncertain)–1888

Draughtsman, artist, drawing teacher

Haast, Julius von

1822–1887

Explorer, geologist, writer, museum founder

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Tregear, Edward Robert

1846–1931

Soldier, surveyor, linguist, Polynesian scholar, writer, public servant, political reformer

Biographies that mention Smith, Stephenson Percy

Andersen, Johannes Carl

1873–1962

Clerk, poet, ethnologist, librarian, editor, historian

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

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

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist, museum director

Haszard, Henry Douglas Morpeth

1862–1938

Surveyor, land commissioner

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury

Jury, Hoani Te Whatahoro

1841–1923

Ngāti Kahungunu scholar, recorder, interpreter

Maihi Parāone Kawiti, 1880s

Kawiti, Maihi Parāone

1807–1889

Ngāti Hine leader

Mackay, Alexander

1833–1909

Farmer, explorer, linguist, magistrate, land court judge

Montage of photographs depicting Māori people and scenes by Josiah Martin

Martin, Josiah

1843–1916

Teacher, educationalist, lecturer, photographer

Nahe, Hoani

1833 to 1834 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāti Maru historian, politician

Orbell, Margaret

1934–2006

Māori literature scholar and author

Parore Te Āwha

?–1887

Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader

Pond, James Alexander

1846–1941

Analytical chemist, homoeopathic pharmacist

Shand, Alexander

1840–1910

Farmer, interpreter, ethnographer

Shortland, Edward

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Doctor, administrator, scholar, linguist

Skinner, William Henry

1857–1946

Surveyor, historian, ethnographer

Smith, William Walter

1852–1942

Gardener, naturalist, conservationist

Henry Matthew Stowell ('Hare Hongi'): gregarious, convivial and gleefully theatrical

Stowell, Henry Matthew

1859–1944

Ngāpuhi interpreter, genealogist

Ngāti Maniapoto chiefs, 1885, photographed by Alfred Henry Burton

Taonui Hīkaka

?–1892

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Hirawanu Tapu and his wife, Rohana

Tapu, Hirawanu

?–1900

Moriori leader

Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaia

1852–1919

Tapuika, Ngāti Rangiwewehi and Ngāi Te Rangi; tohunga, historian, genealogist, writer

Hōne Mohi Tāwhai

Tāwhai, Hōne Mohi

1827 to 1828 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāpuhi leader, politician

Wiremu Te Kāhui Kararehe

Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremu

1846–1904

Taranaki leader, historian

Te Mātorohanga, Moihi

Ngāti Kahungunu tohunga, historian

Te Rei Hanataua

?–1860

Ngāti Ruanui leader

Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi with his daughter

Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāone

1843 to 1844 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer

Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh

1868–1918

Merchant, bibliophile, collector

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Giselle M. Byrnes. 'Smith, Stephenson Percy', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128521/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).