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Haurongo: Te Tomo, Te Tāite

Haurongo tūhonohono

Taurekareka Hēnare, 1929

Hēnare, Taurekareka

1877 to 1878 (year uncertain)–1940

Ngāpuhi leader, politician

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

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

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

Savage, Michael Joseph

1872–1940

Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister

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

Williams, Samuel

1822–1907

Missionary, farmer, educationalist, pastoralist

Biographies that mention Te Tomo, Te Tāite

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

Mahuta, Tūmate

1893 (year uncertain)–1938

Ngāti Mahuta; King movement leader and negotiator

Rangiputangatahi Māwhete

Māwhete, Rangiputangatahi

1880–1961

Rangitāne; land agent, interpreter, politician

Ratana, Haami Tokouru

1894–1944

Ngāti Apa; politician, Rātana leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Te Tomo, Te Tāite', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128906/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).