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Haurongo: Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē

Haurongo tūhonohono

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Under-secretary for Māori Affairs Tipi Tainui Rōpiha and his secretary, Miss M. Butler, September 1949

Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui

1895–1978

Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne; surveyor, senior public servant

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, member of the House of Representatives for Southern Māori from 1871

Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei

?–1905

Ngāi Tahu leader, politician, assessor

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia

?–1872

Ngāti Tamaterā leader

An 1845 pencil sketch of Te Rauparaha by Edward Abbott

Te Rauparaha

?–1849

Ngāti Toa leader

Te Whatanui

?–1846

Ngāti Raukawa leader

Williams, Herbert William

1860–1937

Anglican bishop, Maori linguist

Biographies that mention Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē

Cameron, Robina Thomson

1892–1971

District nurse, community leader, nursing inspector

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

Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai Love, 1942

Love, Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomai

1905–1942

Te Āti Awa; rugby player, interpreter, military leader

Rangi, Tūtekohi

1871 to 1872 (year uncertain)–1956

Te Aitanga-a-Hauiti tohunga, faith healer

Szászy, Miraka

1921–2001

Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Te Rarawa woman of mana, educator, leader

Kuini Te Tau, photographed during the 1990s

Te Tau, Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe

1899–1998

Ngāi Tahu leader, welfare worker, community leader

Rumatiki Ruth Wright with Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett

Wright, Rūmātiki Ruth

1908–1982

Ngāti Kura; Māori welfare officer, community leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal rāua ko Tom Jamison. 'Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128347/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).