Henare Tomoana

Henare Tomoana (1820/30s – 20 February 1904) was a  Māori rangatira (chief) from the Hawke's Bay (Heretaunga) area in the North Island, New Zealand, of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngati Te Whatu-i-Apiti tribal lineage.

He was renowned as a military leader in the New Zealand War against Te Kooti, and as a newspaper publisher.

Later he was one of the first Māori politicians, holding the electorate of Eastern Maori for five years from to 1884 when he was defeated; he was the third person to hold the electorate. He was later appointed a member of the Legislative Council, from 1898 to 20 February 1904 when he died.

His son Paraire Tomoana was a prominent Māori leader and scholar.