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Haurongo: Mahuta, Tonga

Haurongo tūhonohono

Allen, James

1855–1942

Politician, diplomat

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1908 to 1909 (year uncertain)–1966

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Northcroft, Erima Harvey

1884–1953

Lawyer, military leader, judge

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

Searancke, William Nicholas

1817 (year uncertain)–1904

Surveyor, land purchase commissioner, resident magistrate, land agent

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

Te Wherowhero, Piupiu

1886 to 1887 (year uncertain)–1937

Ngāti Mahuta woman of mana

Biographies that mention Mahuta, Tonga

Fildes, Horace Edward Manners

1875–1937

Postmaster, book collector, bibliographer

A political meeting at Huntly, 1898

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1912

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King, politician

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Mahuta, Tonga', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127599/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).