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Henry Devenish Skinner (known as Harry or HD) was born at New Plymouth on 18 December 1886, the youngest of three children of Margaret Bracken Devenish and her husband, William Henry Skinner. His father, a surveyor for…

Part of: Skinner, Henry Devenishauthored byAtholl Anderson

Maharaia Winiata, commonly known as Maha, was born on 29 September 1912 at Ngāhina pā, near Rūātoki, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. His parents were Winiata Piahana and his wife, Te Ruakawhena Kohu, both of Ngāi…

Part of: Winiata, Maharaiaauthored byFrances Winiata, Piripi Winiata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hoani Retimana Waititi, known as Johnny to his many friends, was only 39 when he died, but his short life was packed with achievement and his ideas, energy and humour were an inspiration to his people. He was born at…

Part of: Waititi, Hoani Retimanaauthored byAngela Ballara, June Mariu, 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

Duncan MacIntyre was an important figure in the National Party governments that held power for all but three of the 24 years between 1960 and 1984, serving as a cabinet minister for 15 years and as deputy prime minister…

Part of: MacIntyre, Duncanauthored byNeill Atkinson

Alfred Thomas Carroll (Kara) was born at Wairoa, in northern Hawke’s Bay, on 24 August 1890, the youngest of three children of Thomas Carroll, a farmer, and his wife, Mako Kaimoana. At an early age he became known as…

Part of: Carroll, Turiauthored byJinty Rorke, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Peter Buck claimed to have been born in 1880, but a more likely date is sometime in October 1877 as recorded in his primary school register. For most of his life he believed that Ngārongo-ki-tua was his natural mother.…

Part of: Buck, Peter Henryauthored byM. P. K. Sorrenson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Reremoana Paratene was born at Manutūkē, near Gisborne, probably on 3 February 1889, the youngest of four children. Her mother was Hera (Sarah) Ngāikiha Halbert, whose parents were Keita Kaikiri of Ngāti Kaipoho, a hapū…

Part of: Hakiwai, Reremoanaauthored byArapata Hakiwai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Phyllis Constance Morris (later known as Kirimamae) was the first of five children of John Bentham Morris and his wife, Annie Isabella Gallagher. She was born at Gisborne on 31 March 1905. Her father was a sheepfarmer…

Part of: Williams, Phyllis Constanceauthored bySheila Robinson

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…

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

Albert (or Arapeta) Asher was born on 3 December 1879 and Ernest Te Kēpa Asher on 21 April 1886 at Tauranga, the fifth and seventh of eleven children. They were of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Pukenga descent…

Part of: Asher, Albertauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Basil Wilkie Roberton was born in Auckland on 30 January 1896, the second of four children of Eliza Ann Wilkie and her husband, Ernest Roberton, a prominent medical practitioner. Educated at King’s College,…

Part of: Roberton, James Basil Wilkieauthored byCarol Stevenson

Te Kari Waaka was born on 6 March 1916 at Poroporo, near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko, a farmer, and his wife, Whakakī Hiki of Tūhoe. His father was the first Māori from Whakatāne to win…

Part of: Waaka, Te Kariauthored byTamati Wiremu Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pahikore Te Koeti Tūranga was born at Makawhio pā, south Westland, on 18 November 1883 to Rīpeka Tūtoko (also called Patiere Tūtoko) and Te Koeti Tūranga, both of Poutini Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. He was baptised John…

Part of: Te Koeti Tūranga, Pahikoreauthored byTrish McCormack, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Bishop Wiremu Nētana Pānapa, known affectionately as Barney, was the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was born in Ahikiwi, north of Dargaville, on 7 June 1898. Pānapa’s grandfather, Pānapa Hōhāpata, of Ngāti Ruanui, was…

Part of: Pānapa, Wiremu Nētanaauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Duncan Alexander Cameron is said to have been born on 19 December 1808, the son of Sir John and Lady Cameron. His mother's birth name was Brock. Duncan Cameron's forebears, descended from the chiefs of their clan, after…

Part of: Cameron, Duncan Alexanderauthored byJames Belich

Michael Rotohiko Jones was born at Poro-o-Tarao in the King Country on 14 September 1895, the son of Daniel Lewis, a European storekeeper, and Paretekōrae Poutama of Ngāti Maniapoto. Sometime after the birth of Michael'…

Part of: Jones, Michael Rotohikoauthored byReimana Rotohiko Jones, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maxwell James Grant Smart was born in Wanganui on 16 April 1896, the son of David William Smart, a commercial traveller, and his wife, Isabella Ritchie Joss. After attending Wanganui Technical College he was employed as…

Part of: Smart, Maxwell James Grantauthored byArthur P. Bates

Katherine Te Rongokahira Asher was born on 21 November 1873 at Tauranga. Her father was David Asher, eldest son of Jewish immigrants Hannah Keesing and her husband, Asher Asher, a trader. Her mother was Katerina Te…

Part of: Parata, Katherine Te Rongokahiraauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēni Materoa, also known as Te Huinga, was born at Makauri, a few miles to the north-west of Tūranga (Gisborne); her birth date could have been either 27 October 1852 or 29 October 1856. Her father was Mīkaera Tūrangi…

Part of: Carroll, Hēni Materoaauthored bySheila Robinson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William (Wiremu) Leonard Parker was born at Mākarika station near Waipiro Bay, on the East Coast, on 4 February 1914, the son of Ngāti Porou parents William Leonard Parker, a farmer, and his wife, Te Oharepe Ruta (Ruth…

Part of: Parker, William Leonardauthored byPiripi Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team