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Haurongo: King, Michael

Haurongo tūhonohono

Baxter, James Keir

1926–1972

Poet, postman, teacher, dramatist, writer, social critic

Cole Catley, Christine McKelvie

1922–2011

Writer, publisher, educator, activist

Cooper, Whina

1895–1994

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

Cowan, James

1870–1943

Journalist, historian

Frame, Janet Paterson

1924–2004

Schoolteacher, writer

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Friedlander, Marti

1928–2016

Photographer

Glover, Denis James Matthews

1912–1980

Poet, journalist, printer, typographer, publisher, naval officer

Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Hērangi

Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea

1883–1952

Waikato woman of mana, Kīngitanga leader

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

Joseph, Michael Kennedy

1914–1981

English lecturer, novelist, poet

Lawlor, Patrick Anthony

1893–1979

Journalist, editor, bibliophile, writer, Catholic layman

McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles

1906–1978

Librarian, senior public servant, diplomat

O'Shea, John Dempsey

1920–2001

Filmmaker

Paul, John Thomas

1874–1964

Compositor, trade unionist, politician, editor, journalist, censor

Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga

1905–1975

Ngāti Korokī; carpenter, carver

Ramsden, George Eric Oakes

1898–1962

Journalist, writer, art critic

Reischek, Andreas

1845–1902

Taxidermist, collector, naturalist

Rickard, Tuaiwa Hautai Kereopa (Eva)

1925–1997

Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa, Tainui, Taranaki woman of mana, community leader

Sargeson, Frank

1903–1982

Short-story writer, novelist, playwright

Sinclair, Keith

1922–1993

Historian, poet

Tawhiao, the second Maori King

Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero

?–1894

Māori King, Waikato leader, prophet

Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaac

1932–2016

Whakatōhea; academic, activist, author

Biographies that mention King, Michael

Ashton, Joey Mātenga

1907–1993

Moriori, Ngāti Māmoe and Ngāti Kahungunu; railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader

Frame, Janet Paterson

1924–2004

Schoolteacher, writer

Orbell, Margaret

1934–2006

Māori literature scholar and author

Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi Pēwhairangi

Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi

1921–1985

Ngāti Porou; shearer, performer, teacher, songwriter, cultural adviser

Kiti Karaka Rīwai (seated with child, right) in front of the meeting house she helped build at Wairua, Chatham Island, in the 1890s

Rīwai, Kiti Karaka

1870–1927

Moriori and Ngāti Māmoe; founding mother

Sewell, William Arthur

1903–1972

University professor of English

Tommy Solomon

Solomon, Tommy

1884–1933

Moriori leader, farmer

Hirawanu Tapu and his wife, Rohana

Tapu, Hirawanu

?–1900

Moriori leader

Tuwhare, Hone

1922–2008

Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poet

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips. 'King, Michael', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/231897/related-biographies (accessed 24 June 2026).