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Heke Pōkai was born at Pākaraka, near the Bay of Islands, probably after the death of his mother's brother Pōkaia, after whom he was named, at the battle of Moremonui (also known as Te Kai-a-te-karoro and Te Haenga-o-te…

Part of: Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremuauthored byFreda Rankin Kawharu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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…

Part of: Ngāpua, Hōne Hekeauthored byFreda Rankin Kawharu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Heke Rankin, also known as John Rankin, was born at Gisborne on 13 January 1896 to Matire Ngāpua of Ngāpuhi, and her husband, John Claudian (Claudius) Rankin, a Kaikohe storekeeper. Matire was the daughter of…

Part of: Rankin, Hōne Hekeauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai and Eruera Maihi Patuone by George French Angas
Hōne Heke Pōkai (left) and Eruera Maihi Patuone by George French Angas
Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai fells the flagstaff at Kororāreka
Hōne Heke, Te Ruki Kawiti and Hāriata Rongo

Henry Despard, who commanded British forces in the northern war in New Zealand in the 1840s, was born probably in 1784 or 1785. His military family had Huguenot and Irish connections. His father was Captain Philip…

Part of: Despard, Henryauthored byJ. A. B. Crawford

Henry Colin Balneavis was born at Ghent, Belgium, probably some time between 1817 and 1819. His birthplace is not altogether surprising, since his father, Lieutenant General Henry Balneavis, a career officer, Peninsular…

Part of: Balneavis, Henry Colinauthored byGarry James Clayton

Nene was born probably in the 1780s. He was the second son of Tapua, leader and tohunga of Ngāti Hao of Hokianga, and the younger brother of Patuone, the inheritor of their father's mana. By descent and marriage this…

Part of: Nene, Tāmati Wākaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maketū, also known as Maketū Wharetōtara, the son of Ngāpuhi chief Ruhe, was born in the hinterland of the Bay of Islands. In 1841, when he was about 16 years of age, he was employed to do farm work on Motuarohia, in…

Part of: Maketū, Wiremu Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Papahurihia, also known as Te Atua Wera, was a renowned Ngāpuhi tohunga. He belonged to both Te Hikutū and Ngāti Hau hapū. The date of his birth is unknown; in 1866 he was said to be about 50 years of age, but he was…

Part of: Papahurihia, Penetanaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti was born, according to family information, on 17 April 1877 at Waiōmio, Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands. He was the second son of Maihi Parāone Kawiti and his third wife, Hēningārino, and the…

Part of: Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihiauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pōmare II, known as Whiria as a young man, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He lived in the southern Bay of Islands, in the territory of Ngāti Manu, of Ngāpuhi. His connection to this hapū was…

Part of: Pōmare IIauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century at Pāmotumotu, near the Mangatutu Stream, the eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tūkino I…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananuiauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

According to family information James Reddy Clendon was born in Deal, Kent, England, on 1 October 1800; he was baptised there on 22 October. He was the son of George Clendon, pilot of the Cinque Ports, and his wife,…

Part of: Clendon, James Reddyauthored byJack Lee

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…

Part of: Tuaia, Pene Takaauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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.…

Part of: Turikatukuauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kawiti was born, probably in the 1770s, in northern New Zealand. He was descended from Nukutawhiti, commander of the Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua canoe, which made its landing at Hokianga. He was the 11th generation from…

Part of: Kawiti, Te Rukiauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Frederick Edward Maning was born in Dublin, Ireland, probably on 5 July in 1811 or 1812, the eldest son of moderately wealthy, Protestant, Anglo-Irish parents. His father, Frederick, married his mother, Mary Barrett, in…

Part of: Maning, Frederick Edwardauthored byDavid Colquhoun

Te Tirarau Kūkupa, the son of Kūkupa and his first wife, Whitiao, was born probably in the late 1790s. He was descended from Rāhiri, an ancestor of Ngāpuhi; his grandmother was Te Toka-i-Tawhio, leader of Ngāti Ruangaio…

Part of: Te Tirarau Kūkupaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Clarke was born in Wymondham, Norfolk, England, on 27 January 1798. His parents were Mary Clarke and her husband, William Clarke, a gunsmith and builder. Between the ages of 11 and 20 he learnt carpentry and…

Part of: Clarke, Georgeauthored byRay Grover

Patuone was the eldest son of Tapua, leader and tohunga of Ngāti Hao of Hokianga, and the elder brother of Nene. Through his father he was descended from Rāhiri, ancestor of Ngāpuhi; through his mother, Te Kawehau, he…

Part of: Patuone, Eruera Maihiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taurekareka (Tau) Hēnare was a Ngāpuhi leader noted for his commitment to the welfare, land rights, culture and education of his people. His first name was that of a Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi ancestor, and he was closely…

Part of: Hēnare, Taurekarekaauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team