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Haurongo: Tohu Kākahi

Haurongo tūhonohono

Marsden, Samuel

1765–1838

Chaplain, magistrate, agriculturalist, missionary

Rangihatuake, Minarapa

Ngā Māhanga missionary

Selwyn, George Augustus

1809–1878

Missionary, bishop, metropolitan

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

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 Tohu Kākahi

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

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

Bracken, Thomas

1841 (uncertain)–1898

Poet, journalist, politician

Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka

1940–1986

Ngā Rauru; tohunga, Anglican priest, university lecturer

Bryce, John

1833–1913

Farmer, soldier, politician

Edward Pōhau Ellison

Ellison, Edward Pōhau

1884–1963

Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa; rugby player, doctor, public health administrator

Thomas Rangiwāhia Ellison

Ellison, Thomas Rangiwāhia

1866 to 1868 (year uncertain)–1904

Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa; rugby player, lawyer

Gudgeon, Walter Edward

1841–1920

Farmer, soldier, historian, land court judge, colonial administrator

Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon

Haddon, Ōriwa Tahupōtiki

1898–1958

Ngāti Ruanui; Methodist minister, pharmacist, artist, broadcaster

Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon

Haddon, Robert Tahupōtiki

1866–1936

Ngāti Ruanui; Methodist minister

Hickman, Thomas

1848–1930

Policeman

Hiroki, Wiremu

?–1882

Convicted murderer, protester

Hūria Mātenga, photographed at Nelson some time between 1872 and 1885

Mātenga, Hūria

1840 to 1842 (year uncertain)–1909

Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa woman of mana, landowner

Officers of the New Zealand Constabulary Field Force at Parihaka, November 1881

Newall, Stuart

1843–1919

Soldier, military leader

Wīremu Te Kākākura Parata Waipunaahau, 1890s

Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau

?–1906

Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa leader, farmer, politician

Parris, Robert Reid

1816 (year uncertain)–1904

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

Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu

Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutu

1887–1971

Te Āti Awa leader, butcher, roading contractor, labourer

Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana

Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu

1873–1939

Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader

Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere

1855 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1926

Ngāti Apa prophet

Roberts, John Mackintosh

1840–1928

Soldier, resident magistrate, administrator

Sturm, Jacqueline Cecilia

1927–2009

Taranaki, Te Whakatōhea; short-story writer and poet

Taukē, Te Hāpimana

1810 to 1811 (year uncertain)–1915

Ngāti Ruanui leader, mission teacher, historian

Wiremu Te Kāhui Kararehe

Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremu

1846–1904

Taranaki leader, historian

Prophet Te Mahuki (centre, wearing European dress) and others at their community Te Kumi, north of Te Kūiti

Te Mahuki

?–1899

Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kinohaku prophet

Te Rangimārie, Puna Hīmene

Healer, nurse, spiritual leader

Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga

1860–1939

Ngāi Tūmapuhiārangi; farmer, horse breeder, religious leader, local politician

Te Ua Haumēne, early 1860s

Te Ua Haumēne

?–1866

Taranaki leader, prophet, religious founder

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

Sketches from the 1886 trial of Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III (top right) and Riwha Tītokowaru (top left)

Tītokowaru, Riwha

?–1888

Ngāti Ruanui leader, military leader, prophet, peacemaker

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ailsa Smith. 'Tohu Kākahi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129010/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).