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Haurongo: Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Haurongo tūhonohono

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Holland, Henry Edmund

1868–1933

Trade unionist, socialist, journalist, politician

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga

1905–1975

Ngāti Korokī; carpenter, carver

Ramsden, George Eric Oakes

1898–1962

Journalist, writer, art critic

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

Stout, Robert

1844–1930

Lawyer, politician, premier, chief justice, university chancellor

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

Maharaia Winiata addresses an audience

Winiata, Maharaia

1912–1960

Ngāti Ranginui leader, Methodist minister, teacher, anthropologist, broadcaster, community leader

Biographies that mention Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

Bledisloe, Charles Bathurst

1867–1958

Lawyer, politician, agriculturalist, governor general

Cooper, William Turakiuta

1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)–1949

Ngāti Kahungunu; interpreter, land officer

Davis, Charles Richard

1895–1964

Ngāti Maniapoto leader, farmer, blacksmith, builder, genealogist

Davis, Charles Richard

1887–1958

Ngati Maniapoto leader, farmer, historian, genealogist, Ratana minister

A gathering of Māori linguists

Ehau, Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha

1885–1970

Ngāti Tarāwhai and Ngāti Whakaue leader, law clerk, interpreter, soldier, historian, orator

Gage, George

1895 to 1896 (year uncertain)–1961

Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea; healer, tohunga, Ringatu minister

Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon

Haddon, Robert Tahupōtiki

1866–1936

Ngāti Ruanui; Methodist minister

Hayward, Ramai Rongomaitara

1916–2014

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Tahu; photographer, actor, director

James Hēnare, about 1945

Hēnare, James Clendon Tau

1911–1989

Ngāpuhi leader, military leader, farmer, community leader

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

Wiremu Te Tau Huata in Egypt, 21 August 1943

Huata, Wiremu Te Tau

1917–1991

Ngāti Kahungunu; Anglican priest, military chaplain

Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka

Īhaka, Kīngi Matutaera

1921–1993

Te Aupōuri; clerk, interpreter, Anglican priest, broadcaster, Maori language commissioner

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

Mutu Paratene Kapa, August 1955

Kapa, Mutu Paratene

1870–1968

Te Aupouri and Waikato leader, sportsman, Anglican priest

Mahuta, Tonga

1892 to 1893 (year uncertain)–1947

Ngāti Mahuta leader

Mahuta, Tūmate

1893 (year uncertain)–1938

Ngāti Mahuta; King movement leader and negotiator

Hēmi Pōtatau, 1977

Pōtatau, Hēmi

1904–1994

Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rākaipaaka; Presbyterian minister, soldier, writer

A 1940 re-enactment of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi

Rankin, Hōne Heke

1896–1964

Ngāpuhi leader, medical worker, farmer

Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī

1903–1971

Ngāti Porou leader, farmer, soldier

Seamer, Arthur John

1878–1963

Salvation Army missionary, Methodist minister

Master wood carver Pineāmine Taiapa with examples of traditional carving

Taiapa, Pineāmine

1901–1972

Ngāti Porou; wood carver, farmer, rehabilitation officer, writer, genealogist

Te Atairangikaahu Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

1931–2006

Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Maniapoto; Māori queen

Te Heuheu Tūkino VI, Hoani

1897–1944

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, trust board chairman

Hepi Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino VII

Te Heuheu Tūkino VII, Hepi Hoani

1919–1997

Ngāti Tūwharetoa leader, trust board chairman

Te Tāite Te Tomo, photographed in the early 1930s

Te Tomo, Te Tāite

1871 to 1872 (year uncertain)–1939

Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Raukawa historian, politician

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

Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa

1844 to 1845 (year uncertain)–1929

Ngāti Hauā leader, kingmaker, King movement leader

Te Wherowhero, Piupiu

1886 to 1887 (year uncertain)–1937

Ngāti Mahuta woman of mana

Īnia Te Wīata (left) with another member of the Methodist Māori Mission choir, 1932

Te Wīata, Īnia Mōrehu Tauhia Wātene Iarahi Waihurihia

1915–1971

Ngāti Raukawa; singer, carver, artist

Pāora Temuera photographed in the doorway of Rangiātea Church, Ōtaki, in 1950

Temuera, Pāora

1886 to 1887 (year uncertain)–1957

Ngāti Whakaue; Anglican priest

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Angela Ballara. 'Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127360/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).