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Haurongo: Taonui, Āperahama

Haurongo tūhonohono

Buddle, Thomas

1812–1883

Missionary, Methodist leader

Gordon, Arthur Hamilton

1829–1912

Colonial governor

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu

1807 to 1808 (year uncertain)–1850

Ngāpuhi leader, war leader

Hobbs, John

1800–1883

Missionary, artisan, interpreter

Maihi Parāone Kawiti, 1880s

Kawiti, Maihi Parāone

1807–1889

Ngāti Hine leader

Maning, Frederick Edward

1811 to 1812 (year uncertain)–1883

Trader, Pakeha-Maori, judge, writer

McLean, Donald

1820–1877

Administrator, runholder, politician, provincial superintendent

Tamati Waka Nene, about 1870

Nene, Tāmati Wāka

?–1871

Ngāpuhi leader, trader, government adviser

Papahurihia, Penetana

?–1875

Ngāpuhi tohunga, war leader, prophet

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

Hirini Rāwiri Taiwhanga

Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri

1832 to 1833 (year uncertain)–1890

Ngāpuhi petitioner, politician

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

White, William

1794–1875

Missionary

Biographies that mention Taonui, Āperahama

Hōne Mohi Tāwhai

Tāwhai, Hōne Mohi

1827 to 1828 (year uncertain)–1894

Ngāpuhi leader, politician

Te Tai Hakuene, Īhaka

?–1887

Ngāpuhi leader, lay reader, politician

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Judith Binney. 'Taonui, Āperahama', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128681/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).