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Haurongo: Te Wherowhero, Piupiu

Haurongo tūhonohono

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

A political meeting at Huntly, 1898

Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1854 to 1855 (year uncertain)–1912

Ngāti Mahuta; Māori King, politician

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

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

Ratana, Haami Tokouru

1894–1944

Ngāti Apa; politician, Rātana leader

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

Biographies that mention Te Wherowhero, Piupiu

Eketone, Pēpene

1855 to 1856 (year uncertain)–1933

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, native agent, assessor, politician

Mahuta, Tonga

1892 to 1893 (year uncertain)–1947

Ngāti Mahuta 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

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Te Wherowhero, Piupiu', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128944/related-biographies (accessed 3 July 2026).