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Frederick Baker was born at Whauwhaukauri, Hokianga, on 19 June 1908, the son of John Francis (Frank) Baker and his wife, Jane Robinson. His father was a bushman but subsequently became a dairy farmer. Baker was of…

Part of: Baker, Frederickauthored byGraham Butterworth, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Āreta Keiha (usually known as Reta) was born in Gisborne on 24 December 1900, the son of Mīkaere (Mīkaera) Pare Keiha Tūrangi and his wife, Maraea (Maria) Hokiwi Ward. His father’s tribal affiliations extended…

Part of: Keiha, Kīngi Āretaauthored byMaata Rewanga Keiha, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Eruera (Edward) Te Whiti o Rongomai Love was born on 18 May 1905 at the Top House, the Love family’s homestead in Waikawa Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. He was the second son of seven surviving children of Wī Hapi Pākau…

Part of: Love, Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomaiauthored bySusan Love De Miguel, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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The Māori (Pioneer) Battalion performs a haka, France, 1918
The Pioneer (Māori) Battalion performs a haka, France, 1918

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…

Part of: Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwaauthored byWhai Ngata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett was born at Rotorua on 27 July 1913, one of 19 children of Frederick Augustus Bennett of Ngāti Whakaue of Te Arawa, and his second wife, Arihia Ngārangioue (Rangioue) Hēmana (or Pōkiha…

Part of: Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawakaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Augustus King was born at Christchurch, New Zealand, on 3 March 1885, the son of George King, a merchant, and his wife, Elizabeth Clifton Wilson. Gus King was educated at Warwick House School and Christ's College…

Part of: King, George Augustusauthored byW. David McIntyre

Henry Te Reiwhati (Harry Ray) Vercoe was born at Maketū, Bay of Plenty, probably on 21 July 1884, the third child of Ngāhuia Te Ahoaho and her husband, Henry Vercoe, a surveyor. Vercoe's mother had tribal connections to…

Part of: Vercoe, Henry Te Reiwhatiauthored byWhakahuihui Vercoe, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wī Te Tau was the third in a succession of Anglican Māori ministers from the Huata family, their careers spanning most of the history of Christianity in New Zealand. His father, Hēmi, and his paternal grandfather,…

Part of: Huata, Wiremu Te Tauauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pirimi Pererika Tāhiwi was born on 16 September 1890 at Ōtaki. His father, Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a Native Land Court assessor, was of Ngāti Raukawa and Ngāti Maiōtaki. His mother, Keita Koa, who was also known as Kapu…

Part of: Tāhiwi, Pirimi Pererikaauthored byRupene M. T. Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere (whose name is also recorded as Te Arapeta Pitameirangi Marukitepua Awatere) was born on 25 April 1910 at Tūpāroa, on the East Coast, to Petuere Wī Hēkopa Awatere, a farmer…

Part of: Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangiauthored byHinemoa Ruataupare Awatere, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Denvir was born at Glasgow, Scotland, on 5 May 1913, the son of Michael Joseph Denvir, a dock labourer, and his wife, Jeanie Ambrose. He came to New Zealand around 1925 and attended the Marist brothers’ school in…

Part of: Denvir, Johnauthored byIan McGibbon

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal (Roera) was born on 23 August 1896 at Muhunoa, Ōhau, in Horowhenua, the seventh of ten children of Te Kiniwē Roera Te Ahukaramū and Kēriata Hūnia Te Weu Tukukino. Rangi, as he was known, was…

Part of: Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwēauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, Tom Jamison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Charles Shelford, better known as Charlie, was born on 21 August 1920 in Te Kaha, Bay of Plenty, to Thomas George Shelford, a labourer, and his wife, Marauahatea Te Ōwaina Kirikiri. Both his parents had previously been…

Part of: Shelford, Charlesauthored byMelvin Taylor, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

When soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion recalled 'the Padre' they spoke with genuine warmth of the Reverend Hēnare Wēpiha Te Wainohu. As chaplain to the Māori troops during the First World War, Te Wainohu…

Part of: Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpihaauthored byGrant Nikora Wainohu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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…

Part of: Ngata, Hēnare Kōhereauthored byMonty Soutar, Tautohe Kupenga

Te Aritaua Pītama was born on 23 February 1906 at Tuahiwi, a Māori settlement north of Kaiapoi, the eldest of 12 children of Weretā Tainui Pītama, also known as Te Ruapōhatu or ‘Stone’ Pītama, and his wife, Te Hauraraka…

Part of: Pītama, Te Aritauaauthored byAngela Ballara, Riki Te Mairaki Pitama, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Mason Durie, usually referred to as Mason and known to Māori as Hoani Meihana Te Rama Apakura, was born on his father's farm at Aorangi, near Feilding, on 1 July 1889. His father, Robert Durie (Te Rama Apakura),…

Part of: Durie, John Masonauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John (Jack) Ormond was born at Māhia on 18 December 1891; he was commonly known as Tiaki Ōmana. Tiaki was the fourth child of George Canning Ormond, a sheepfarmer, and his wife, Maraea Kiwiwharekete of Ngāti Kahungunu.…

Part of: Ōmana, Tiakiauthored byCushla Parekowhai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Moetū Haangū Ngāwai was born on 5 May 1910 at Enihau, her family’s home, a mile north of the East Coast township of Tokomaru Bay. Her parents, Te Rā Haangū Ngāwai, a farmer, and his wife, Te Ipo Hārata Te Awhi Kaahi…

Part of: Ngāwai, Tuini Moetū Haangūauthored byAnaru Kingi Takurua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Haane Te Rauawa Manahi was born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, on 28 September 1913, the youngest son of Neti Mariana Insley and her husband, Manahi Ngākahawai Te Rauawa. Haane’s father belonged to Te Arawa and Ngāti Raukawa…

Part of: Manahi, Haane Te Rauawaauthored byNorman Bennett, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team