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Haurongo: Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui

Haurongo tūhonohono

Acheson, Frank Oswald Victor

1887–1948

Clerk, land purchase officer, land court judge, writer

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Biographies that mention Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui

Sholto Kairākau Black

Black, Sholto Kairākau

1902–1963

Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Te Whakatōhea; teacher, principal, community services co-ordinator, community leader

Corbett, Ernest Bowyer

1898–1968

Farmer, dairy industry leader, politician, conservationist

Rina Winifred Moore

Moore, Rina Winifred

1923–1975

Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui; doctor

Pitcaithly, Ngata Prosser

1906–1991

Principal, educationalist

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

Rankin, Hōne Heke

1896–1964

Ngāpuhi leader, medical worker, farmer

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal, 1956

Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē

1896–1965

Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Tamaterā leader, land officer, Maori welfare officer, soldier, sportsman

Szászy, Miraka

1921–2001

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

Te Hau, Matiu Te Auripo

1912–1978

Te Whakatōhea; teacher, educationalist, community leader

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Graham Butterworth. 'Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128332/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).