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Haurongo: Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

Haurongo tūhonohono

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere, 1945

Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi

1910–1976

Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Hine; interpreter, military leader, Māori welfare officer, local politician, convicted murderer

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Relatives of Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu

Reedy, Materoa

1881–1944

Ngāti Porou woman of mana

Biographies that mention Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa

Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett, 13 April 1956

Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka

1913–1998

Ngāti Whakaue and Ngāti Pikiao; broadcaster, military leader, public servant, high commissioner

Hōri Mahue Ngata, 1988

Ngata, Hōri Mahue

1919–1989

Ngāti Porou; farmer, railway worker, workers’ camp supervisor, accountant, lexicographer

Ngāti Porou songwriter of genius, Tuini Ngāwai

Ngāwai, Tuini Moetū Haangū

1910–1965

Ngāti Porou; songwriter, teacher, shearer, cultural adviser

Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī

1903–1971

Ngāti Porou leader, farmer, soldier

Hone Te Kauru Taiapa

Taiapa, Hōne Te Kāuru

1912–1979

Ngāti Porou; wood carver

Williams, Phyllis Constance

1905–1993

Singer, horsewoman

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Whai Ngata. 'Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000, whakahou January 2002. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127876/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).