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Haurongo: Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

Haurongo tūhonohono

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

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

James Carroll

Carroll, James

1857–1926

Ngāti Kahungunu; farm worker, interpreter, politician

Gorst, John Eldon

1835–1916

Lawyer, teacher, magistrate, civil commissioner, politician, writer

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Hēnare Kaihau

Kaihau, Hēnare

1854 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1920

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

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1908 to 1909 (year uncertain)–1966

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King

Mangakāhia, Hāmiora

1838–1918

Ngāti Whanaunga leader, assessor, politician

Massey, William Ferguson

1856–1925

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Ngāpora, Tāmati

?–1885

Waikato leader, lay preacher, assessor, adviser to the Māori King

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Rāwhiti, T. T.

1851 (year uncertain)–1927

Ngāti Hauā; King movement secretary and administrator

Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere

1855 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1926

Ngāti Apa prophet

Seddon, Richard John

1845–1906

Politician, premier

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 Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki

?–1893

Rongowhakaata leader, military leader, prophet, religious founder

Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) with his wife (probably his third wife, Te Mata Kaihoe)

Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa

?–1898

Muaūpoko leader, military leader, assessor, land purchase officer

Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

1844 to 1845 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Hauā leader, kingmaker, King movement leader

Wahanui Huatare photographed by Alfred Henry Burton

Wahanui Huatare

?–1897

Ngāti Maniapoto leader

Biographies that mention Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

A political meeting at Huntly, 1898

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1912

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King, politician

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

Raukawa, Te Mete

1836 to 1837 (year uncertain)–1926

Ngāti Ranginui leader, assessor, sportsman

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 Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

1844 to 1845 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Hauā leader, kingmaker, King movement leader

Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa

Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi

?–1866

Ngāti Hauā leader, teacher, diplomat

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996, whakahou April 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128918/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).