Hoani Wiremu Hīpango ( 1820 – 25 February 1865) was a Māori tribal leader, teacher and assessor of the

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area of New Zealand. He was a leader of Ngāti Tumango, of the Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi

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. He converted to Christianity and was baptised at Putiki, near present-day

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, in 1841. He visited England with missionary Richard Taylor in 1855. He opposed the Pai Mārire (Hauhau) movement in the 1860s and led anti-Hauhau forces in battle. In February 1865, he led an attack on a Hauhau pā near Pipiriki. They captured the

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, but Hīpango was seriously injured and died of his wounds two days later, on 25 February, at the age of about 45. He was buried at Korokata hill, overlooking Pūtiki.

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1820s births 1865 deaths New Zealand schoolteachers Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi people New Zealand Māori public servants New Zealand Māori schoolteachers {{Māori-bio-stub