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Haurongo: Herries, William Herbert

Haurongo tūhonohono

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

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

Biographies that mention Herries, William Herbert

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

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Ōtene Pītau (seated, right) at the first meeting of the Tākitimu Māori Council, 10 June 1902

Pītau, Ōtene

1834 to 1835 (year uncertain)–1921

Rongowhakaata leader

Rua Kēnana Hepetipa, 1908

Rua Kēnana Hepetipa

1868 to 1869 (year uncertain)–1937

Tūhoe prophet

Stewart, George Vesey

1832 (year uncertain)–1920

Farmer, coloniser, local politician

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Michael Belgrave. 'Herries, William Herbert', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127057/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).