P
Paewai, Manahi Nītama
1920–1990
Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu; doctor, r...
Page, Evelyn Margaret
1899–1988
Artist
Page, Frederick Joseph
1905–1983
University professor of music, pianist, ...
Page, Robert Owen
1897–1957
Pacifist, industrial chemist
Page, Ruth Allan
1905–1992
Teacher, political activist
Page, Sarah
1863–1950
Teacher, feminist, prohibitionist, socia...
Paget, Nielsine
1858–1932
Homemaker, community worker
Pāhewa, Hākaraia
1869/1870?–1948
Ngāti Porou; Anglican minister
Paikea, Paraire Karaka
1894–1943
Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngāti Whatua; Methodist...
Paikea, Tāpihana Paraire
1920–1963
Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngāti Whātua leader, Rā...
Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroi
?–1884
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi tohunga, milit...
Pallo, Karl
1896–1986
Importer, manufacturing engineer, busine...
Palmer, Alice May
1886–1977
Public servant, union official, equal pa...
Palmer, Doris Adelaide
1898–1993
Clerical worker, political activist, wel...
Palmer, Elizabeth Mary
1832–1897
Music and singing teacher, performer, co...
Palmer, Joseph
1826–1910
Banker, runholder
Pana-kareao, Nōpera
?–1856
Te Rarawa leader, evangelist, assessor
Pānapa, Wiremu Nētana
1898–1970
Ngāti Ruanui and Te Rarawa; Anglican bis...
Pāora, Ōtene
?–1930
Ngāti Whātua leader, Anglican lay reader...
Pāpāhia, Hone Tana
1856/1859?–1912
Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi; Anglican clergyma...
Papahurihia, Penetana
?–1875
Ngāpuhi tohunga, war leader, prophet
Papakura, Mākereti
1873–1930
Tūhourangi woman of mana, guide, ethnogr...
Parata, Katherine Te Rongokahira
1873–1939
Ngāti Pūkenga and Ngāti Pikiao woman of ...
Parata, Tame Haereroa
1832/1838?–1917
Ngāi Tahu leader, pilot, farmer, politic...
Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahau
?–1906
Ngāti Toa and Te Āti Awa leader, farmer,...
Paremata Te Wahapiro, Te Kiore
?–?
Ngati Tama leader
Paris, Percy Reginald
1882–1942
Methodist minister, editor, writer, poli...
Park, George John
1880–1977
Teacher, technical college principal
Park, James
1857–1946
Geologist, director of school of mines, ...
Park, Keith Rodney
1892–1975
Soldier, military aviator and leader, co...
Park, Ronald Stuart
1895–1980
Military leader and administrator
Parker, Charles
1809–1898
Carpenter, politician
Parker, Robert
1847–1937
Organist, choirmaster, conductor
Parker, Thomas Jeffery
1850–1897
Biologist, university professor, museum ...
Parker, William Leonard
1914–1986
Ngāti Porou; adult educationalist, broad...
Parkinson, Alice May
1889–1949
Manslayer
Parkinson, Graham Beresford
1896–1979
Military leader
Parnell, Samuel Duncan
1810–1890
Carpenter, farmer, labour reformer
Parore Te Āwha
?–1887
Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader
Parore, Louis Wellington
1888–1953
Ngāpuhi and Te Roroa leader, interpreter...
Parr, Christopher James
1869–1941
Lawyer, mayor, politician, diplomat
Parris, Robert Reid
1816?–1904
School administrator, politician, public...
Parry, Evan
1865–1938
Electrical engineer
Parry, William Edward
1878–1952
Miner, trade unionist, politician
Parsons, Elizabeth
1846–1924
Singer
Parsons, Roy George
1909–1991
Bookseller
Pascoe, Arnold Paul
1908–1976
Architect
Pascoe, John Dobrée
1908–1972
Mountaineer, photographer, writer, edito...
Paterson, Ada Gertrude
1880–1937
School doctor, child health administrato...
Paterson, Alan Stuart
1902–1968
Cartoonist, illustrator, museum and art ...
Pātete, Haimona
1863/1864?–1921
Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kuia leader, relig...
Patterson, James John
1859–1937
Blacksmith, farmer, landowner
Patteson, John Coleridge
1827–1871
Missionary, teacher, linguist, bishop
Pattrick, Anne
1881–1937
Plunket nurse, nursing administrator
Pātuki, Tōpi
1810/1820?–1900
Ngāi Tahu leader, whaler, goldminer, sto...
Patuone, Eruera Maihi
?–1872
Ngāpuhi leader, peacemaker, trader, gove...
Paul, Annette
1863–1952
Salvation Army officer
Paul, David Blackwood
1908–1965
Bookseller, publisher
Paul, Joanna Margaret
1945–2003
Visual artist, writer
Paul, John Thomas
1874–1964
Compositor, trade unionist, politician, ...
Pawelka, Joseph John Thomas
1887–?
Criminal, prison escaper
Payne, John
1871–1942
Accountant, teacher, politician
Peacocke, Inez Isabel Maud
1881–1973
Teacher, novelist, broadcaster
Pearce, Arthur Fairchild
1903–1990
Clerk, jazz specialist, broadcaster, pia...
Pearce, Edna Bertha
1906–1995
Kindergarten teacher and director, polic...
Pearse, Annette Grace
1893–1981
Art gallery curator and director
Pearse, Richard William
1877–1953
Inventor, aviator, farmer, builder
Pearson, William Harrison
1922–2002
Novelist, essayist, critic, academic
Peebles, Alexander
1856–1934
Carrier, bush contractor, prospector, mi...
Peek, Charles Edward
1904–1988
Teacher, child welfare administrator, bi...
Pengelly, Edna
1874–1959
Teacher, civilian and military nurse, ma...
Penlington, William Arthur Greener
1890–1982
School principal, educationalist
Perano, Joseph August
1876–1951
Fisherman, whaler
Perceval, Westby Brook
1854–1928
Lawyer, politician, agent general
Pere, Wiremu
1837–1915
Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Rongowhakaata; p...
Peren, Geoffrey Sylvester
1892–1980
Soldier, agricultural scientist, univers...
Perkins, Christopher Edward
1891–1968
Artist, art teacher
Perohuka, Te Waaka
?–?
Rongowhakaata tohunga and carver
Perrin, Patricia Charlotte
1921–1988
Potter
Perry, Charles Elliott
1871–1937
Anglican clergyman
Perry, Charles Stuart
1908–1982
Librarian
Peters, Harry
1852–1941
Farmer, mountaineer, guide
Petersen, George Conrad
1900–1978
Lawyer, consul, local politician, histor...
Petre, Francis William
1847–1918
Civil engineer, architect, consular agen...
Petrie, Donald
1846–1925
Teacher, school inspector, botanist
Pettit, William Haddow
1885–1985
Doctor, medical missionary, religious fu...
Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi
1921–1985
Ngāti Porou; shearer, performer, teacher...
Pezant, Jean Étienne
1811–1880
Missionary, priest
Pharazyn, William Noel
1894–1980
Soldier, businessman, journalist, lectur...
Pheloung, Henry
1852?–1909
Bandsman, labourer, carrier
Phillips, Hilda
1922–2006
Race relations campaigner and polemicist
Phillpotts, George
1814?–1845
Naval officer
Philpott, Alfred
1870–1930
Milk factory worker, museum curator, ent...
Philson, Thomas Moore
1817–1899
Doctor, hospital superintendent
Phipps, Peter
1908–1989
Bank clerk, naval officer
Pickerill, Cecily Mary Wise
1903–1988
Plastic surgeon
Pickerill, Henry Percy
1879–1956
Dental surgeon and researcher, universit...
Pickmere, Alison Blomfield
1908–1971
Secretary, interior decorator, artist
Piddington, Ralph O’Reilly
1906–1974
Psychologist, anthropologist, university...
Pilgrim, Ada
1867–1965
Healer
Pinepine Te Rika
1857/1858?–1954
Tūhoe woman of mana
Pinkerton, David
1836–1906
Bootmaker, labour activist, politician
Pio, Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua
1814–1901
Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa tohunga, ...
Pirani, Frederick
1858–1926
Printer, journalist, newspaper proprieto...
Pītama, Te Aritaua
1906–1958
Ngai Tahu leader; teacher, broadcaster, ...
Pītama, Weretā Tainui
1881–1930
Ngāi Tahu; farmer, land claimant, trust ...
Pītau, Ōtene
1834/1835?–1921
Rongowhakaata leader
Pitcaithly, Ngata Prosser
1906–1991
Principal, educationalist
Pitini-Morera, Hariata Whakatau
1871/1872?–1938
Ngai Tahu and Ngati Kuri leader, genealo...
Platts-Mills, Daisy Elizabeth
1868–1956
Doctor, community leader
Player, Mary Josephine
1857/1858?–1924
Servant, midwife, welfare worker, femini...
Plischke, Ernst Anton
1903–1992
Architect
Poananga, Brian Matauru
1924–1995
Ngati Porou and Rangitane; sportsman, mi...
Pōhio, Horomona
1815–1880
Ngāi Tahu leader, missionary, assessor, ...
Poingdestre, Henry
1832?–1885
Runholder, rabbit farmer, eccentric
Pōkiha, Rangi Hauiti
1895–1980
Ngāti Pāmoana and Ngā Rauru; farmer, sur...
Polack, Joel Samuel
1807–1882
Trader, land speculator, writer, artist
Pollard, George Arthur
1863–1939
Salvation Army officer, administrator
Pollard, Tom
1857–1922
Comic opera producer and manager
Polson, Florence Ada Mary Lamb
1877–1941
Rural women's advocate
Polson, William John
1875–1960
Farmer, journalist, politician, farmers&...
Pōmare I
?–1826
Ngāpuhi warrior, trader
Pōmare II
?–1850
Ngāpuhi leader, war leader, trader
Pōmare, Hāre
?–?
Ngāpuhi tour party member
Pomare, Hariata
?–?
Nga Puhi tour party member
Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera
1875/1876?–1930
Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāti Toa; medical off...
Pōmare, Mildred Amelia Woodbine
1877–1971
Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; c...
Pōmare, Wiremu Piti
?–1851
Ngāti Mutunga leader
Pompallier, Jean Baptiste François
1801–1871
Bishop, missionary
Pond, James Alexander
1846–1941
Analytical chemist, homoeopathic pharmac...
Poole, Alick Lindsay
1908–2008
Forester, botanist, public servant
Pope, Charles Quentin Fernie
1900–1961
Writer, journalist, poetry anthologist, ...
Pope, James Henry
1837–1913
Teacher, school inspector, educationalis...
Pope, Maria Sophia
1818–1909
Shopkeeper, businesswoman
Poppelwell, Dugald Louis
1863–1939
Lawyer, local politician, conservationis...
Popper, Karl Raimund
1902–1994
Philosopher
Porritt, Arthur Espie
1900–1994
Athlete, doctor, sports administrator, g...
Porter, Thomas William
1843–1920
Soldier, land purchase officer
Pōtae, Hēnare
?–1895
Ngāti Porou leader
Pōtatau, Hēmi
1904–1994
Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Rākaipaaka; Pr...
Potter, Herbert Thomas
1925–2012
Commune leader, therapist, entrepreneur,...
Potter, John Lishman
1834–1931
Goldminer, stonemason, builder
Potts, Thomas Henry
1824–1888
Explorer, runholder, conservationist, na...
Poutama, Te Mānihera
?–1847
Ngāti Ruanui mission teacher, missionary
Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga
1905–1975
Ngāti Korokī; carpenter, carver
Pouwhare, Te Iki-o-te-rangi
1880/1883?–1963
Tūhoe leader, historian, genealogist
Powell, Arthur William Baden
1901–1987
Conchologist, museum worker
Powell, Mary Sadler
1854–1946
Temperance worker, suffragist
Powles, Guy Richardson
1905–1994
Lawyer, soldier, diplomat, ombudsman, ra...
Pratt, Major Albert Rugby
1875–1946
Methodist minister, church administrator...
Pratt, Thomas Simson
1797–1879
Soldier
Prendergast, James
1826–1921
Lawyer, judge
Preshaw, Jane
1839–1926
Nurse, midwife, hospital matron
Pretty, David
1878–1947
Bushman, axeman, athlete, farmer
Price, Alfred
1838–1907
Manufacturing engineer
Prior, Ian Ambury Miller
1923–2009
Cardiologist, epidemiologist, activist, ...
Pritchard, Ethel
1880–1964
Ngāpuhi; military and civilian nurse
Proudfoot, David
1838/1839?–1891
Engineering contractor, company director...
Pudney, Elizabeth Allen
1894–1976
Quaker
Pudney, Elizabeth Jane
1862–1938
Quaker
Puhirake, Rāwiri
?–1864
Ngāi Te Rangi leader, war leader
Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea, Rihi
?–1906
Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto com...
Pukehika, Hōri
?–1932
Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi leader, carver...
Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutu
1887–1971
Te Āti Awa leader, butcher, roading cont...
Pulling, Mary Etheldred
1871–1951
Headmistress, writer, anchoress
Pulman, Elizabeth
1836–1900
Photographer
Purcell, Samuelene
1898–1982
Shop assistant, trade unionist
Pūriri, Nau Parāone Kawiti
1924–1979
Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine; land...
Puttick, Edward
1890–1976
Draughtsman, military leader
Pyatt, William Allan
1916–1991
Anglican bishop
Pyke, Vincent
1827–1894
Administrator, politician, journalist, w...
