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?–1889Ngāi Te Rangi warrior, military engineer, land protester
Pene Taka was a leader of Ngāti Rangi hapū of Ngāti Ranginui iwi at Tauranga, from the 1850s to his death in 1889. When Lieutenant H. G. Robley of the 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot met him in 1864 he thought Pene Taka to be over 50 years old. He had taken part in 'all the...
Story: Tuaia, Pene Taka
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1884–1981Builder, soldier, diarist
George Albert Tuck was born at Cambridge, New Zealand, on 13 February 1884, the son of Charles Tuck, an accountant, and his wife, Mary Josephine Gallagher. He attended school in Cambridge and, later, Te Aroha. Although well read and well educated, his 'rebellious spirit' took him from home...
Story: Tuck, George Albert
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1856–1922Wool-scourer, wool-classer
Richard Tucker was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 11 January 1856, the son of Edward Tucker, a sawyer, and his wife, Emma Phillips. His family had arrived in New Plymouth on board the William Bryan in March 1841, and later moved to Auckland. A few years after Richard was born they moved to...
Story: Tucker, Richard
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1843–1919Soldier, farmer, clerk, interpreter, land agent, mayor, politician
William Henry Terry Tucker was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 5 January 1843, the son of Elizabeth Howell and her husband, Henry Tucker, colonial storekeeper and former paymaster on the Royal Navy supply ship Buffalo. His mother died when he was nearly two, and his father, who remarried the...
Story: Tucker, William Henry Terry
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1807–1876Surveyor, explorer, New Zealand Company agent
Frederick Tuckett was born at Frenchay, near Bristol, England, on 27 August 1807. He was the fifth and youngest son of Phillip Debell Tuckett, a woollen manufacturer, and his wife, Elizabeth Curtis. His parents were members of the Society of Friends and Frederick was educated at a Quaker school...
Story: Tuckett, Frederick
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?–1892Ngāti Whātua leader
Pāora Tūhaere is thought to have been born about 1825. His parents were Ātareta Tuha, the sister of Āpihai Te Kawau, and Whanararei, from Te Taou hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Te Taou cultivated land at Horotiu, which is now lower Queen Street, in the heart of Auckland city, but Tūhaere lived three...
Story: Tūhaere, Pāora
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?–1844Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, mariner, trader
Tūhawaiki, known as Hone or John Tūhawaiki, and called 'Bloody Jack' by the sealers of Foveaux Strait, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in Murihiku (the southern part of the South Island) from the death of Te Whakataupuka, probably in 1835, until his own death in 1844. He was born at Murikauhaka,...
Story: Tūhawaiki, Hone
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fl. 1800–1847Poutini Ngāi Tahu leader
Tūhuru Kōkare was born probably in the latter part of the eighteenth century: his son, Tarapuhi, was said to be about 70 years of age in 1864. He spent his early life with his parents, Te Ruahuanui and Tītohi, at Kaikainui, the pā of his grandfather Waewae. Waewae was a son of Ngāi Tahu chief...
Story: Tūhuru Kōkare
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1932–2004Social worker, community advocate
Agnes TuiSamoa spent a lifetime supporting and campaigning for the rights of her fellow Pacific Islanders in Auckland, both new migrants and their New Zealand-born children. She was a leading figure in many community organisations and campaigns, at a time when very few Pacific people were...
Story: TuiSamoa, Agnes Rosa
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1859/1860?–1930Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa; Ringatū bishop
Eruera Hāmiora Tumutara, also known as Eru Hāmiora Pio, was probably born in 1859 or 1860 in the Te Whāiti district south-east of Murupara in the Bay of Plenty. He was the third child of Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua Pio of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, a tohunga, writer and important...
Story: Tumutara, Eruera Hāmiora
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1850–1928Police commissioner
John Bennett Tunbridge was born in New Romney, Kent, England, on 17 November 1850, the illegitimate son of Mary Tunbridge, who married William Bennett Apps in 1857. On the occasion of his marriage, Tunbridge named his father as Benjamin Tunbridge, a servant. He joined the London Metropolitan...
Story: Tunbridge, John Bennett
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1843/1844?–1933Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne leader, guide, interpreter, assessor, politician, writer
Hoani Parāone (Brown) Tunuiārangi was born probably in 1843 or 1844 in the Whakatomotomo valley near Palliser Bay in southern Wairarapa. It is thought that his father, John Robert Brown, was a whaler, possibly one of John Wade's men stationed at Te Kopi by 1843. Tunuiārangi recorded his mother'...
Story: Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāone
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1879/1880?–1944Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāi Te Rangi leader, farmer
Hōri Tūpaea was born probably in 1879 or 1880 in the vicinity of Te Hauke, Hawke's Bay, the second child and eldest son of Arihi Te Nahu by her second marriage, to Hāmiora Tūpaea. Arihi was the eldest child of Karanama (Karanema) Te Nahu, who was in turn the eldest son of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti...
Story: Tūpaea, Hōri
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?–1881Ngāi Te Rangi leader, mission teacher, assessor
Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son of Te Waru and his wife, Hine Te Oro. He could trace his ancestry to Toroa of the Mātaatua canoe, to Tia and Tapuika of Te Arawa canoe and to Tauroa from Kāwhia. In the 1830s he succeeded his...
Story: Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngi
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1724?–1770High priest, navigator
Tupaia played a pivotal role in mediating between Māori communities and the crew of the Endeavour during Lieutenant James Cook’s first visit to New Zealand in 1769. The ship’s botanist, Joseph Banks, estimated in that year that Tupaia ‘cannot be less than 45’, which indicates he was born in...
Story: Tupaia
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1930–2016Architect, landscape architect, teacher, environmentalist
Architect and landscape architect Harry Turbott pioneered an environmentally focused design practice in New Zealand in the latter half of the twentieth century. His work continually emphasised the designer’s role in protecting, restoring and enhancing the environment. As well as running a busy...
Story: Turbott, Harold Arthur
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1899–1988Doctor, public health administrator, broadcaster, writer
Harold Bertram Turbott was born in Auckland on 5 August 1899, the son of Alice Dillicar, a native of Yorkshire, and her husband, Henry Turbott, a Pukekohe-born painter and carpenter. Harold attended Remuera School until standard five, when the family moved to Hamilton. There he became dux of...
Story: Turbott, Harold Bertram
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?–1914Ngāti Porou leader, minister of religion, carver, composer of haka
Mohi Tūrei was born probably about 1830 and was brought up at Te Kautuku, near Rangitukia, in the Waiapu district, where his parents lived on their ancestral lands. His father was Te Omanga Tūrei of Ngāti Hokopū and his mother Mākere Tangikuku of Te Aitanga-a-Mate, both hapū of Ngāti Porou. He...
Story: Tūrei, Mohi
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?–1827Ngāpuhi woman of mana
Turikatuku was the daughter of Mutunga II, and belonged to Te Hikutū and Ngāti Rēhia, who were related to Ngāpuhi; their territories stretched north from Te Puna and Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands towards Whangaroa. She was related to Te Pahi, a major leader of Ngāpuhi. She was born probably...
Story: Turikatuku
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1868–1918Merchant, bibliophile, collector
Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 14 September 1868, the sixth child and youngest son of Walter Turnbull, merchant, and his wife, Alexandrina Horsburgh. Turnbull's parents, born in Scotland, had arrived in Wellington in 1857. In February 1875, after a...