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Haurongo: Williams, Herbert William

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Frederick Augustus Bennett, 1928

Bennett, Frederick Augustus

1871–1950

Ngāti Whakaue; Anglican clergyman and bishop

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Williams, William

1800–1878

Missionary, linguist

Williams, William Leonard

1829–1916

Missionary, linguist

Biographies that mention Williams, Herbert William

Atkinson, Arthur Samuel

1833–1902

Journalist, lawyer, philologist, astronomer, naturalist

Biggs, Bruce Grandison

1921–2000

Ngāti Maniapoto; ethnographer, linguist, champion of te reo Māori

Bird, William Watson

1870–1954

Headmaster, school inspector, educational administrator, Māori linguist

A gathering of Māori linguists

Halbert, Rongowhakaata Pere

1894–1973

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata leader, interpreter, historian, genealogist

Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

Harris, Edward Francis

1834–1898

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti and Rongowhakaata; public servant, interpreter, landowner, genealogist

Michael Rotohiko Jones ringing the bell at Ōngarue primary school in 1977

Jones, Michael Rotohiko

1895–1978

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, land agent, sportsman, private secretary, public administrator, broadcaster

Pei Te Hurinui Jones (left), Korokī (centre), and Te Kiri Katipa

Jones, Pei Te Hurinui

1898–1976

Ngāti Maniapoto leader, interpreter, land officer, writer, translator, genealogist

Rēweti Tūhorouta Kōhere

Kōhere, Rēweti Tūhorouta

1871–1954

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

Pāhewa, Hākaraia

1869 to 1870 (year uncertain)–1948

Ngāti Porou; Anglican minister

William Leonard Parker

Parker, William Leonard

1914–1986

Ngāti Porou; adult educationalist, broadcaster, university lecturer, community leader

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal, 1956

Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē

1896–1965

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tamaterā leader, land officer, Maori welfare officer, soldier, sportsman

Shand, Alexander

1840–1910

Farmer, interpreter, ethnographer

Hetekia Te Kani a Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe te Ua

te Ua, Hetekia Te Kani-ā-Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe

1892–1966

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki leader, genealogist, orator

Hēnare Wēpiha Te Wainohu, photographed in army chaplain's uniform during the First World War

Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpiha

1882–1920

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Pāhauwera leader, Anglican clergyman, army chaplain

Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh

1868–1918

Merchant, bibliophile, collector

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Bruce Biggs. 'Williams, Herbert William', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129243/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).