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Haurongo: Bennett, Frederick Augustus

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James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

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

Suter, Andrew Burn

1830–1895

Anglican bishop

Biographies that mention Bennett, Frederick Augustus

Merekotia Amohau

Amohau, Merekotia

1898–1978

Ngāti Pikiao; singer, entertainer, composer

Karauria Tiweka Ānaru

Ānaru, Karauria Tiweka

1901–1977

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui; interpreter, law clerk, local politician, community leader

Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett, 13 April 1956

Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka

1913–1998

Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Pikiao; broadcaster, military leader, public servant, high commissioner

Hēni Materoa Carroll, 1909

Carroll, Hēni Materoa

1852 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1930

Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader

John Mason Durie, 1916

Durie, John Mason

1889–1971

Ngāti Kauwhata and Rangitāne leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, community leader

Horomona, Maata

1893–1939

Ngāti Whakaue; actress

Newham, Charles Frederick

1880–1960

Photographer, film-maker

Ānaru Iehu Ngāwaka

Ngāwaka, Ānaru Iehu

1872–1964

Te Rarawa leader, Anglican clergyman

Wiremu Nētana Pānapa

Pānapa, Wiremu Nētana

1898–1970

Ngāti Ruanui and Te Rarawa; Anglican bishop

Mākereti Papakura

Papakura, Mākereti

1873–1930

Tūhourangi woman of mana, guide, ethnographer

Īhakara Te Tuku Robin

Robin, Īhakara Te Tuku

1886–1968

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Raukawa; shearer, lay reader, wrestler

Tarr, George Herrmann

1881–1968

Actor, scenic artist, theatre manager, film-maker

Pāora Temuera photographed in the doorway of Rangiātea Church, Ōtaki, in 1950

Temuera, Pāora

1886 to 1887 (year uncertain)–1957

Ngāti Whakaue; Anglican priest

Tomoana, Paraire Hēnare

1874 to 1875 (year uncertain)–1946

Ngāti Te Whatu-i-āpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, sportsman, composer, newspaper publisher

Tumutara, Eruera Hāmiora

1859 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1930

Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Ringatū bishop

Tūpaea, Hōri

1879 to 1880 (year uncertain)–1944

Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Te Rangi leader, farmer

Williams, Herbert William

1860–1937

Anglican bishop, Maori linguist

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Manu A. Bennett. 'Bennett, Frederick Augustus', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126108/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).