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Haurongo: Orbell, Margaret

Haurongo tūhonohono

Biggs, Bruce Grandison

1921–2000

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

Harry Delamere Barter Dansey

Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter

1920–1979

Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Te Arawa; journalist, cartoonist, writer, broadcaster, local politician, race relations conciliator

Grey, George

1812–1898

Soldier, explorer, colonial governor, premier, scholar

Hotere, Hone Papita Raukura (Ralph)

1931–2013

Te Aupōuri; artist

King, Michael

1945–2004

Historian, biographer, journalist, writer

William Leonard Parker

Parker, William Leonard

1914–1986

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

Schoon, Theodorus Johannes

1915–1985

Artist, photographer, carver

Smith, Stephenson Percy

1840–1922

Surveyor, public servant, ethnologist, writer

Tuwhare, Hone

1922–2008

Ngāpuhi; boilermaker, poet

White, John

1826–1891

Scholar, writer, linguist, public servant

Biographies that mention Orbell, Margaret

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Ross Calman. 'Orbell, Margaret', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/232005/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).