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Haurongo: Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga

Haurongo tūhonohono

Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana

Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu

1873–1939

Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

The carved house Ngā Tau e Waru

Te Pōtangaroa, Pāora

?–1881

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader, prophet

Te Ua Haumēne, early 1860s

Te Ua Haumēne

?–1866

Taranaki leader, prophet, religious founder

Erueti Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti

?–1907

Taranaki leader, prophet

Engraved portrait of Tohu Kākahi

Tohu Kākahi

1828–1907

Te Āti Awa and Taranaki prophet

Hoani Paraone Tunuiarangi with his daughter

Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāone

1843 to 1844 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer

Biographies that mention Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga

Hikapuhi

1860 to 1871 (year uncertain)–1934

Ngāti Pikiao tohunga

Maika, Pūrākau

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; newspaper editor and publisher

Haimona Pātete, about 1900

Pātete, Haimona

1863 to 1864 (year uncertain)–1921

Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, religious founder

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

S. M. Chrisp. 'Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128902/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).