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Haurongo: Tregear, Edward Robert

Haurongo tūhonohono

Ballance, John

1839–1893

Newspaper proprietor and editor, politician, premier

Fox, William

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Explorer, politician, premier, painter, social reformer

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Millar, John Andrew

1855–1915

Seaman, trade union leader, politician

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

Ward, Joseph George

1856–1930

Merchant, politician, prime minister

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

Biographies that mention Tregear, Edward Robert

Atkinson, Arthur Samuel

1833–1902

Journalist, lawyer, philologist, astronomer, naturalist

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

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

Blair, John Rutherfurd

1843–1914

Printer, publisher, bookseller, businessman, educational administrator, mayor

James McCosh Clark

Clark, James McCosh

1833–1898

Businessman, mayor

Clark, James McCosh

1847–1926

Community leader, artist, writer

Gudgeon, Walter Edward

1841–1920

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

Hawthorne, Margaret Jane Scott

1869–1958

Tailoress, trade unionist, factory inspector

Hill, Alfred Francis

1870–1960

Violinist, composer, conductor

Mackay, Jessie

1864–1938

Teacher, journalist, poet, social activist

Reeves, William Pember

1857–1932

Politician, historian, poet, high commissioner, banker

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

Shortland, Edward

1812 (year uncertain)–1893

Doctor, administrator, scholar, linguist

Smith, Stephenson Percy

1840–1922

Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer

Hirawanu Tapu and his wife, Rohana

Tapu, Hirawanu

?–1900

Moriori leader

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K. R. Howe. 'Tregear, Edward Robert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129034/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).