Henare is a
Māori
Māori or Maori can refer to:
Relating to the Māori people
* Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
* Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand
* Māori culture
* Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the C ...
surname, originally an adaptation of the English name
Henry. It is also (usually historically) encountered as a given name.
Prominent people with the surname Henare include:
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Bryan Henare
Bryan Henare (born 24 September 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a former professional rugby league footballer. Henare was usually a or a second-rower.
Playing career
Auckland Rugby League
An Otahuhu Leopards junior, Henare toured Great Bri ...
, rugby league player
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George Henare
George Winiata Henare (born 11 September 1945) is a New Zealand actor with a career spanning over 50 years.
Early life
Born in Gisborne on 11 September 1945, the third youngest in a family of ten children, Henare affiliates to the Māori trib ...
, actor
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James Henare
Sir James Clendon Tau Henare, (18 November 1911 – 2 April 1989) was a New Zealand tribal leader, military officer, farmer and community leader. He fought for four years with the Māori Battalion during the Second World War, was wounded at El A ...
(1911–1989), tribal leader
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Paul Henare, basketball player
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Richard Henare, rugby league player
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Robert Henare
Robert Henare is a New Zealand former rugby league footballer who played professionally for the St. George Dragons.
Playing career
In 1996 Henare was a junior with the Illawarra Steelers and also captained the Junior Kiwis.
Henare spent 1997, ...
, rugby league player
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Tau Henare
Raymond Tau Henare (born 29 September 1960) is a former New Zealand Māori parliamentarian. In representing three different political parties in parliament—New Zealand First, Mauri Pacific and the National Party—Henare served as a Member o ...
(born 1960), politician
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Taurekareka Henare
Taurekareka "Tau" Henare (1878 – 12 January 1940) was a Māori member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1914 to 1938, sitting for the Reform Party for most of that time, until it merged with the United Party to form the National Party in 1 ...
(1878–1940), politician
Prominent people with the given name Henare include:
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Henare Te Raumoa Huatahi Balneavis, interpreter
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Henare Kaihau
Henare Kaihau (1854/1860? – 20 May 1920) was a New Zealand Māori politician, serving as Member of the House of Representatives for the Western Maori electorate.
His birth year is uncertain. The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography gi ...
, Politician
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Hēnare Kōhere
Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere (10 March 1880 – 16 September 1916) was a New Zealand farmer and soldier. Of Māori, English and French descent, he identified with the Ngāti Porou iwi. He was born in Te Araroa, East Coast, New Zealand, on 10 March ...
, soldier
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Henare Matua
Henare Matua (c.1838–1894) was a New Zealand tribal leader, reformer and politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kahungunu iwi. He was born in Nukutaurua, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) ...
, tribal leader
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Henare Potae Henare Potae (?–1895) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Whanau-a-Ruataupare hapū of the Ngati Porou iwi.
His pā was at Te Mawhai on the headland that forms the south head of Tokomaru Bay.
In 186 ...
, tribal leader
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Henare Wiremu Taratoa Henare Wiremu Taratoa ( 1830 – 21 June 1864) was a notable New Zealand tribal missionary, teacher and war leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāi Te Rangi iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori societ ...
, missionary
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Henare Te Atua, tribal leader
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Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu, tribal leader
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Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi Hēnare Mātene Te Whiwhi (?–1881) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, missionary and assessor. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Raukawa and Ngati Toa iwi
Iwi () are the largest social units in New Zealand Māori societ ...
, tribal leader
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Henare Tomoana
Henare Tomoana (1820/30s – 20 February 1904) was a prominent Māori leader and politician from the Hawke's Bay area in the North Island, New Zealand. He was of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Te Whatu-i-Apiti tribal lineage. In 1879 he was elect ...
, tribal leader
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Henare Uru
Henare Whakatau Uru (1872 – 7 March 1929) was a New Zealand politician. He was the Reform Party Member of Parliament for Southern Maori from 1922 to 1928.
Early life and family
Uru was born at Kaiapoi in 1872. His father was Hoani Uru, a far ...
, politician
People with the stage name Henare:
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Henare (wrestler), New Zealand professional wrestler
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Māori-language surnames