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Haurongo: Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena

Haurongo tūhonohono

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, health administrator, politician, anthropologist, museum director

Mōkena Kōhere

Kōhere, Mōkena

?–1894

Ngāti Porou leader, assessor, politician

Rēweti Tūhorouta Kōhere

Kōhere, Rēweti Tūhorouta

1871–1954

Ngāti Porou; Anglican clergyman, newspaper journalist and editor, farmer, writer, historian

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Mohi Tūrei, 1860s

Tūrei, Mohi

?–1914

Ngāti Porou leader, minister of religion, carver, composer of haka

Biographies that mention Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena

George Nepia with his son on their farm at Rangitukia, East Coast, 1935

Nēpia, George

1905 to 1908 (year uncertain)–1986

Ngāti Rākaipaaka; rugby union and league player, farmer

Ngata, Hēnare Kōhere

1917–2011

Ngāti Porou; leader, soldier, accountant

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Henare Kohere Swann. 'Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127351/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).