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Haurongo: Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi

Haurongo tūhonohono

Balneavis, Henry Colin

1817 to 1819 (year uncertain)–1876

Soldier, public servant

Best, Elsdon

1856–1931

Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer

Peter Henry Buck

Buck, Peter Henry

1877 (year uncertain)–1951

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

Coates, Joseph Gordon

1878–1943

Farmer, politician, soldier, prime minister

Forbes, George William

1869–1947

Farmer, politician, prime minister

Herries, William Herbert

1859–1923

Farmer, horse breeder, politician

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Rees, William Lee

1836–1912

Lawyer, politician

Savage, Michael Joseph

1872–1940

Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister

Biographies that mention Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi

Carr, Harold Herbert

1880–1973

Ngāti Kahungunu; land court judge and administrator

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

Ruru, Lena Matewai

1902–1977

Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki; community leader, sportswoman, pianist, Māori welfare worker

Te Heuheu Tūkino VI, Hoani

1897–1944

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, trust board chairman

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

Tumutara, Eruera Hāmiora

1859 to 1860 (year uncertain)–1930

Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Ringatū bishop

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Ranginui J. Walker. 'Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/126014/related-biographies (accessed 25 June 2026).