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1915–1997Veterinary scientist, university lecturer, writer
Born at Auckland on 2 June 1915, James Carl Newhook was the eldest of three sons of James Lawrence Imrie Newhook, an English schoolmaster, and his wife, Marie Margaretha Franziska Coester, a teacher from Germany. He completed his secondary school education at Auckland Grammar School in 1931....
Story: Newhook, James Carl
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1902–1983Community leader
Mabel Annie Fielding was born on 1 July 1902 at Pleasant Point, Canterbury, the youngest of the seven children of Frederick Fielding, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Davis, both immigrants from Britain. After Frederick was killed in an accident when Mabel was five, the family moved to Timaru,...
Story: Newlands, Mabel Annie
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1849–1924Doctor, businessman, ethnologist, politician
Alfred Kingcome Newman was born at Madras, India, on 27 April 1849 to Alfred Newman, commander of an East India Company ship, and his wife, Isabella Soames. The family emigrated to New Zealand in 1853 and farmed the 13,000-acre Arlington estate near Waipukurau, becoming prominent members of the...
Story: Newman, Alfred Kingcome
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1858–1946Farmer, politician, philanthropist
Edward Newman was born in Partick, Glasgow, Scotland, on 4 July 1858, the son of a Royal Navy surgeon of the same name and his wife, Annabella Smith. According to his own account, Edward came to New Zealand about 1875, and worked as a cadet on sheep stations in Hawke's Bay and at Katikati. In...
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1850–1919Carrier, coach company proprietor
Henry and Thomas Newman were the sons of William Newman and his wife, Eliza Hopgood, who had both emigrated as children to Nelson, New Zealand, on the Bolton in 1842. William Newman was a labourer at Waimea South when Henry (Harry) was born at Spring Grove on 15 August 1850. The eldest of 11...
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1902–1996Transport operator, businessman, sportsman and administrator, local politician
Jack Newman was the eldest son of Christina Thomson and her husband, Thomas (Tom) Newman, a mail contractor and a co-founder of Newman Brothers coaching firm. He was born on 3 July 1902 at the family farm, Naumai, at Brightwater, near Nelson. From Spring Grove School Jack attended Nelson...
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1903–1983Geriatrician, medical superintendent
James Lister Newman was born in London, England, on 23 April 1903, the son of Kate Beck and her husband, Charles Arnold Newman, a solicitor. He was educated at Shrewsbury school (where he was an excellent classical scholar), and Magdalene College, University of Cambridge. He gained second-class...
Story: Newman, James Lister
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1822?–1908Missionary, letter-writer, teacher, homemaker
Mehetabel Newman was baptised on 22 December 1822 at Willoughby, Lincolnshire, England, the daughter of Eleanor Dawson and her husband, Joseph Newman, a small farmer. In 1844 she arrived in New Zealand, and went to live with her sister and brother-in-law, Jane and George Buttle, who were...
Story: Newman, Mehetabel
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1888–1974Civil engineer, engineering administrator
William Langston Newnham was born in Christchurch on 14 October 1888, the son of Charles Langston Newnham, a journalist, and his wife, Eliza Friar. He attended Timaru Boys’ High School, then joined the Public Works Department (PWD) in 1908 as a cadet. He was briefly a student of engineering at...
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fl. 1827–1870Ngāi Tahu founding mother
Wharetutu's date of birth is unknown. She was born probably early in the nineteenth century, for the first of her children was born in 1827. She was the youngest of the eight children of Tāhuna and Tahupare, both of Ngāi Tahu. On the side of her father, Tāhuna, she was descended through seven...
Story: Newton, Wharetutu Anne
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fl. 1800–1836Te Rarawa woman of mana
Ngā-kahu-whero was a descendant of the great Te Rarawa leader Te Rēinga, whose dwelling place was north Hokianga. Te Rēinga had supreme authority over the people and land of the area and this was handed down to his son, Te Kurī. Te Kurī had a daughter, Te Ruapounamu, who had mana over land in...
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?–1904?Ngāti Porou carver
Tāmati Ngākaho was of Te Whānau-a-Rāhui of Ngāti Porou, from Rākaihoea at Kākāriki, near Waiomatatini on the East Coast. His parents were Hāmure and Huirōhutu (Huirotu). Few facts about his life have been recorded, but he is celebrated as a leading exponent of the style of carving that had been...
Story: Ngākaho, Tāmati
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?–1885Waikato leader, lay preacher, assessor, adviser to the Māori King
Ngāpora was born early in the nineteenth century. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta of Waikato. His parents were Hore and Kahurimu. He was the nephew of Te Rauangaanga and a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. He was said to have fought as a young man at the defence of Mātakitaki pā against Ngāpuhi in...
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1869–1909Ngāpuhi leader, politician
Hōne Heke Ngāpua was born at Kaikohe, according to family information on 6 June 1869, the first of 12 children of Niurangi Pūriri and Hōne Ngāpua. A direct descendant of Rāhiri, he was connected to the major tribes of the north, but was most closely affiliated to Ngāpuhi through Ngāti Rāhiri,...
Story: Ngāpua, Hōne Heke
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1919–1943Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui; soldier
Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu was born into Te Aitanga-a-Mate of Ngāti Porou at Whareponga, on the East Coast, on 7 April 1919, the son of Hāmuera Meketū Ngārimu, and his wife Maraea. He had strong connections to Te Whānau-a-Rākaiora, Te Aowera and Ngāti Horowai. His mother was of Te Whānau-ā-...
Story: Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa
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1874–1950Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar
Apirana Turupa Ngata was born at Te Araroa on the East Coast on 3 July 1874. He had connections with the leaders of Ngāti Porou. His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti Rangi, Te Whānau-a-Karuai and Ngāti Rākairoa. His father, Paratene Ngata, was a storekeeper, a progressive farmer, a Native...
Story: Ngata, Apirana Turupa
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1879–1929Ngāti Porou woman of mana
Arihia Kane Tāmati, who was to become Arihia Ngata, was born at Whareponga on the East Coast of the North Island, according to family information in 1879. She was the fourth of nine children of Mere Arihi Kākano and her husband, Tuta Tāmati, who belonged to Te Aitanga-a-Mate hapū of Ngāti Porou...
Story: Ngata, Arihia Kane
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1917–2011Ngāti Porou; leader, soldier, accountant
A Māori Battalion veteran and the first Māori to qualify in accountancy, Hēnare Ngata became an important Māori leader in the 1950s after the death of his father, Sir Apirana Ngata. Like his father he was closely involved with the political affairs of Ngāti Porou and Māori people in general,...
Story: Ngata, Hēnare Kōhere
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1919–1989Ngāti Porou; farmer, railway worker, workers’ camp supervisor, accountant, lexicographer
Hōri Mahue Ngata was born on 8 August 1919 at The Bungalow, Waiomatatini, the home of his grandfather, Apirana Ngata. His father, Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, was Apirana’s eldest son; his mother was Maraea Mereana Baker. After his father died in 1929 his mother remarried, and as Maraea Te...
Story: Ngata, Hōri Mahue
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1849?–1924Ngāti Porou leader, storekeeper, soldier, farmer, assessor
Paratene Ngata was born at Ahikouka, near Waiomatatini, on the East Coast, possibly in September 1849. His father was Wiremu Karaka Te Ito, of Reporua, and his mother was Hera Te Ihi, known also as Ruataupare. He was related to Te Whānau-a-Te-Ao, Ngāti Rangi and Te Whānau-a-Karuai hapū of Ngāti...
Story: Ngata, Paratene