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Haurongo: Ngata, Arihia Kane

Haurongo tūhonohono

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Paratene Ngata (right), Elsdon Best (centre) and John Nukunuku (left)

Ngata, Paratene

1849 (year uncertain)–1924

Ngāti Porou leader, storekeeper, soldier, farmer, assessor

Pōtatau Te Wherowhero (left), Te Waru (centre) and Te Pakaru (right), painted by George French Angas

Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau

?–1860

Waikato leader, warrior, Māori King

Biographies that mention Ngata, Arihia Kane

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Ngata, Hēnare Kōhere

1917–2011

Ngāti Porou; leader, soldier, accountant

Ngāti Porou songwriter of genius, Tuini Ngāwai

Ngāwai, Tuini Moetū Haangū

1910–1965

Ngāti Porou; songwriter, teacher, shearer, cultural adviser

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Ranginui J. Walker. 'Ngata, Arihia Kane', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127880/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).