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Hēnare

1. (loan) (personal name) Henry.

He mea tā e Hēnare Hira, ā he mea pānui e Hēnare Tomoana, e te tangata nāna tēnei nūpepa, i te whare tā, o 'Te Wānanga' i Pākōwhai, Nēpia (TW 5/8/1874:3). / Printed by Henry Hira and published by Henry Tomoana, the person who owns this newspaper in the printery of Te Wānanga, Pākōwhai, Napier.

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Pōtae, Henare

1. (personal name) (?-1895) Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare; leader.

Henare, Taurekareka (Tau)

1. (personal name) (1877/1878-1940) Ngāpuhi; Raised by Wī Pere, but later returned north. Elected to Northern Māori for the Reform Party and remained in Parliament until 1938.

Tomoana, Paraire Hēnare

1. (personal name) (1874/75?-1946) Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti; leader, sportsman and politician who set up, published and edited the pro-Māori newspaper Te Wananga.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 167;)

Popi, Hēmi Henare Te

1. (loan) (personal name) James Henry Pope (1837-1913) teacher, school inspector, educationalist and writer, appointed in 1880 as inspector of native schools, which he developed and oversaw for 24 years.

Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene Te

1. (personal name) (?-1881) Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa; leader and missionary.

Hēnare, Sir James Clendon Tau

1. (personal name) (1911-1989) Ngā Puhi; Commanding Officer of the 28th Māori Battalion from 1941 to 1945. Worked to advance Māori welfare. Received an honorary doctorate from Auckland University in 1986 and a KBE in 1978.

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