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Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister, its longest-serving woman MP, and a staunch advocate in Parliament for Māori interests. An accomplished academic, social worker, designer,…

Part of: Tirikatene-Sullivan, Tini Whetu Maramaauthored byCharisma Rangipunga, Helen Brown, Hēni Jacob

Henry Matthew Stowell was born at Waimate North, Bay of Islands, according to his own account on 4 February 1859, the son of John Shephard Stowell, a sawyer who had come to New Zealand from the United States, and his…

Part of: Stowell, Henry Matthewauthored byP. J. Gibbons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Margaret Pattison Thom, who was later widely known as Mākereti (or Maggie) Papakura, was born at Matatā, in the Bay of Plenty, on 20 October 1873. Her father was an Englishman, William Arthur Thom, a storekeeper who…

Part of: Papakura, Mākeretiauthored byJune Northcroft-Grant, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Elizabeth Fairburn was born on 29 August 1821 at the Church Missionary Society station at Kerikeri, the daughter of Sarah Tuckwell and her husband, William Thomas Fairburn, a CMS lay missionary. The family moved to…

Part of: Colenso, Elizabethauthored byJanet E. Murray

Mohi Te Ātahīkoia was born probably at Waimārama, Hawke's Bay, in the early 1840s. His mother was Maata Kōtakitaki, whose parents were Ngāti Whakaiti chief Tūāhu and his wife, Meretuhirangi. His ancestor Whakaiti was…

Part of: Te Ātahīkoia, Mohiauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

Edward Robert Tregear, son of William James Tregear and his wife, Mary Norris, was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, on 1 May 1846. He led a comfortable life there with his mother and younger sisters, Mary and…

Part of: Tregear, Edward Robertauthored byK. R. Howe

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

Ernest Mervyn Taylor was born on 4 August 1906 in Auckland, the son of Emily Webber and her husband, Ernest Herbert Taylor, a postman. Known as Mervyn, he attended Grafton School from 1912 to 1920, passing his…

Part of: Taylor, Ernest Mervynauthored byTony Mackle

John Alexander Wilson was born probably on 21 April 1829 at Condé-sur-Noireau, Calvados, France, the eldest son of John Alexander Wilson, a naval officer, and his first wife, Anne Catherine Hawker. In 1832 his father…

Part of: Wilson, John Alexanderauthored byJinty Rorke

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

Tukumana was born in the Thames district probably in 1862 or 1863. He was the son of Reihana Poto of Ngāti Maru, and Karukino Te Taniwha of Ngāti Puku and Te Mateawa hapu of Ngāti Whanaunga. Taiwiwi was another of his…

Part of: Te Taniwha, Tukumanaauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853. He was the youngest son of William Farley Blake, an Irish-born land and mining surveyor who had migrated to New Zealand in 1841. His mother was Maata…

Part of: Blake, John Thomasauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Rodolphus Kent, known to his Maori friends as Amukete, is of obscure origin, neither his parents' names nor his date and place of birth being known. An officer in the Royal Navy, serving the government of New South…

Part of: Kent, John Rodolphusauthored byNeil Begg

Hūria Mātenga was born at Whakapuaka (near Nelson) probably some time between 1840 and 1842. She was named Ngārongoā Kātene at birth, but was also known as Ngā Hota and, in later life, as Hūria Mātenga. Of Te Āti Awa,…

Part of: Mātenga, Hūriaauthored byMary Louise Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taiāwhio Tikawenga Te Tau was a leader of the major Māori political and religious movements in Wairarapa in the 15 years following 1910. He was the younger son of Kaipāoe, a high-ranking woman of Ngāti Rākairangi, and…

Part of: Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawengaauthored byS. M. Chrisp, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Louis Wellington Parore was born at Te Houhanga marae, Dargaville, on 26 December 1888. According to tradition, he was the first of his people born in a European-style house and was known to his family as Te Rūma (the…

Part of: Parore, Louis Wellingtonauthored byGarry Hooker, Robert Parore, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mōnita (Mō) Eru Delamere was born on 17 June 1921 at Ōmāio, Bay of Plenty, the fifth of at least eight children. His parents were Hannah Te Au and her husband, Pāora (Paul) Kīngi Delamere, a farmer and leader of the…

Part of: Delamere, Mōnita Eruauthored byPaul Delamere, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tuiti Makitānara (Sweet MacDonald) was born at Havelock, Marlborough, on 8 August 1874, of Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa and Muaūpoko descent. He was the second child and eldest son of Rina Puhipuhi Meihana and Teoti…

Part of: Makitānara, Tuitiauthored byAnthony Patete, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Walter Baldock Durrant Mantell was born at Lewes in Sussex, England, on 11 March 1820, the second child of Mary Ann Woodhouse and her husband, Gideon Algernon Mantell. Gideon Mantell, a medical practitioner, was also a…

Part of: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrantauthored byM. P. K. Sorrenson