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Haurongo: Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri

Haurongo tūhonohono

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Maihi Parāone Kawiti, 1880s

Kawiti, Maihi Parāone

1807–1889

Ngāti Hine leader

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Sheehan, John

1844–1885

Lawyer, politician

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

Rāwiri Taiwhanga (right) and an unidentified woman

Taiwhanga, Rāwiri

Ngāpuhi leader, farmer, missionary, teacher

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Biographies that mention Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri

Parore Te Āwha

?–1887

Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader

Hoani Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, member of the House of Representatives for Western Māori from 1886 to 1893

Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoani

1839 to 1840 (year uncertain)–1896

Ngāti Raukawa leader, politician, horse-racing steward, farmer

Taonui, Āperahama

?–1882

Ngāpuhi leader, prophet, historian, teacher, assessor

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Claudia Orange. 'Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128656/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).