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Haurongo: Coates, Joseph Gordon

Haurongo tūhonohono

Davy, Albert Ernest

1886–1959

Hairdresser, businessman, political organiser

Forbes, George William

1869–1947

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Goodfellow, William

1880–1974

Hardware merchant, dairying industrialist, company director, philanthropist

Hamilton, Adam

1880–1952

Businessman, politician

Holland, Sidney George

1893–1961

Businessman, politician, farmer, prime minister

Lee, John Alfred Alexander

1891–1982

Criminal, swagger, soldier, politician, hotel-keeper, writer, bookseller

Mackenzie, Thomas

1853–1930

Storekeeper, explorer, conservationist, politician, marketing agent, prime minister, diplomat

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Savage, Michael Joseph

1872–1940

Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister

Stewart, William Downie

1878–1949

Lawyer, politician, writer

Sutch, William Ball

1907–1975

Teacher, economist, writer, diplomat, public servant, social policy analyst

Ward, Joseph George

1856–1930

Merchant, politician, prime minister

Webb, Patrick Charles

1884–1950

Coalminer, trade unionist, politician

Biographies that mention Coates, Joseph Gordon

Māori leaders of Gisborne, photographed in the early twentieth century

Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi

1880–1940

Ngāi Tāmanuhiri and Te Whakatōhea; interpreter, private secretary, public administrator

Barnard, William Edward

1896–1958

Lawyer, politician, parliamentary Speaker

William Daniel Barrett

Barrett, William Daniel

1878–1953

Ngāi Tahu leader, land court agent, trust board secretary

Begg, Robert Campbell

1886–1971

Doctor, politician

Bell, Francis Henry Dillon

1851–1936

Lawyer, mayor, politician, prime minister

Belshaw, Horace

1898–1962

Teacher, economist, university professor

Berendsen, Carl August

1890–1973

Senior public servant, diplomat

Birks, Lawrence

1874–1924

Electrical engineer

Campbell, Hugh McLean

1875–1951

Farmer, politician

Campbell, Richard Mitchelson

1897–1974

Public servant, economist, diplomat

Cooper, William Turakiuta

1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)–1949

Ngāti Kahungunu; interpreter, land officer

Corrigan, James Randall

1865–1935

Farmer, stock dealer, racehorse owner, businessman, politician

Piipi Raumati Cummins at Wekaweka, Northland, on Christmas Day, 1947

Cummins, Piipi Raumati

1857 to 1862 (year uncertain)–1952

Te Roroa leader, kauri-gum dealer, storekeeper, land rights activist

Eketone, Pēpene

1855 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, native agent, assessor, politician

Furkert, Frederick William

1876–1949

Civil engineer, senior public servant, local politician, writer

Goodfellow, William

1880–1974

Hardware merchant, dairying industrialist, company director, philanthropist

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Holyoake, Keith Jacka

1904–1983

Farmer, orchardist, politician, prime minister, governor general

Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati

1885–1943

Ngāti Whakaue; land agent, commission agent, Rātana administrator

Pītama, Weretā Tainui

1881–1930

Ngāi Tahu; farmer, land claimant, trust board chairman

Polson, William John

1875–1960

Farmer, journalist, politician, farmers' union leader

Māui Pōmare alongside a raupō whare at the Christchurch exhibition in 1906 or 1907

Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera

1875 to 1876 (year uncertain)–1930

Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Toa; medical officer, Māori health reformer, politician

Rees, Rosemary Frances

1875 to 1876 (year uncertain)–1963

Actress, theatre producer, novelist

Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (seated, right) and others

Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1877 to 1880 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King

Tīpoki, Te Hata

1880–1940

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, land rights activist

Hēni Hoana Tōpia

Tōpia, Hēni Hoana and Tōpia, Mereana

1898–1964

Te Whakatōhea and Te Rarawa; community leader, teacher, musician, carver

Tōpia, Hēni Hoana and Tōpia, Mereana

1862–1960

Te Whakatōhea; community leader, midwife, weaver

Walsh, Austin Leonard

1881–1951

Engineer, aviation administrator

Walsh, Austin Leonard

1887–1950

Engineer, aviator

Webb, Thomas Clifton

1889–1962

Lawyer, rugby player, politician, diplomat

Williams, Kenneth Stuart

1870–1935

Farmer, politician, benefactor

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Michael Bassett. 'Coates, Joseph Gordon', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126414/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).