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Haurongo: Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera

Haurongo tūhonohono

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Coates, Joseph Gordon

1878–1943

Farmer, politician, soldier, prime minister

Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pōmare, about 1910

Pōmare, Mildred Amelia Woodbine

1877–1971

Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; community leader

Pope, James Henry

1837–1913

Teacher, school inspector, educationalist, writer

Ratana, Haami Tokouru

1894–1944

Ngāti Apa; politician, Rātana leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

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

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

Thornton, John

1844–1913

Educationalist

Ward, Joseph George

1856–1930

Merchant, politician, prime minister

Biographies that mention Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

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

Caro, Margaret

1848–1938

Dentist, Seventh-day Adventist, social reformer

Cowan, James

1870–1943

Journalist, historian

John Mason Durie, 1916

Durie, John Mason

1889–1971

Ngāti Kauwhata and Rangitāne leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, community leader

Eketone, Pēpene

1855 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, native agent, assessor, politician

Gurr, Eily Elaine

1896–1996

Doctor, medical administrator

Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon

Haddon, Robert Tahupōtiki

1866–1936

Ngāti Ruanui; Methodist minister

James Hēnare, about 1945

Hēnare, James Clendon Tau

1911–1989

Ngāpuhi leader, military leader, farmer, community leader

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Herries, William Herbert

1859–1923

Farmer, horse breeder, politician

Hikapuhi

1860 to 1871 (year uncertain)–1934

Ngāti Pikiao tohunga

Hēnare Kaihau

Kaihau, Hēnare

1854 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1920

Ngāti Te Ata leader, politician, adviser to the Māori King

Keller, Nettie Florence

1875–1974

Doctor, Seventh-day Adventist, social reformer

Rēweti Tūhorouta Kōhere

Kōhere, Rēweti Tūhorouta

1871–1954

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

Mahuta, Tonga

1892 to 1893 (year uncertain)–1947

Ngāti Mahuta leader

Mahuta, Tūmate

1893 (year uncertain)–1938

Ngāti Mahuta; King movement leader and negotiator

A political meeting at Huntly, 1898

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1912

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King, politician

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Rangiputangatahi Māwhete

Māwhete, Rangiputangatahi

1880–1961

Rangitāne; land agent, interpreter, politician

Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi Mitchell

Mitchell, Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi

1877–1944

Ngati Pikiao leader, farmer, surveyor, land development supervisor, community leader

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Portrait of Ōtene Pāora, 1920s

Pāora, Ōtene

?–1930

Ngāti Whātua leader, Anglican lay reader, land negotiator

Mākereti Papakura

Papakura, Mākereti

1873–1930

Tūhourangi woman of mana, guide, ethnographer

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

Hōri Pukehika carving with a Māori adze, or toki, 1906

Pukehika, Hōri

?–1932

Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, carver

Taukē, Te Hāpimana

1810 to 1811 (year uncertain)–1915

Ngāti Ruanui leader, mission teacher, historian

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V

Te Heuheu Tūkino V, Tūreiti

1865 to 1866 (year uncertain)–1921

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, politician

Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi

?–1882

Te Āti Awa leader

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 Rau-o-te-rangi, Kahe

?–1871 (year uncertain)

Te Āti Awa leader, trader, innkeeper

Te Tāite Te Tomo, photographed in the early 1930s

Te Tomo, Te Tāite

1871 to 1872 (year uncertain)–1939

Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Raukawa historian, politician

Te Wherowhero, Piupiu

1886 to 1887 (year uncertain)–1937

Ngāti Mahuta woman of mana

Trethewey, William Thomas

1892–1956

Wood carver, monumental mason, sculptor

Tūtere Wī Repa, December 1928

Wī Repa, Tūtere

1877–1945

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngāti Porou; doctor, historian, community leader

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Graham Butterworth. 'Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128133/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).