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Haurongo: Te Hau, Matiu Te Auripo

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

Cooper, Whina

1895–1994

Te Rarawa woman of mana, teacher, storekeeper, community leader

Cooper, William Turakiuta

1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)–1949

Ngāti Kahungunu; interpreter, land officer

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

Maharaia Winiata addresses an audience

Winiata, Maharaia

1912–1960

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

Biographies that mention Te Hau, Matiu Te Auripo

Biggs, Bruce Grandison

1921–2000

Ngāti Maniapoto; ethnographer, linguist, champion of te reo Māori

William Leonard Parker

Parker, William Leonard

1914–1986

Ngāti Porou; adult educationalist, broadcaster, university lecturer, community leader

Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaac

1932–2016

Whakatōhea; academic, activist, author

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ranginui J. Walker. 'Te Hau, Matiu Te Auripo', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2000. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/128754/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).