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Te Pikinga was a member of the senior family of Ngāti Apa. She was the younger sister of Te Arapata Hiria. Her homes were at Whangaehu and Turakina, south of Wanganui. She was born probably about 1800, for she was a…

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

Te Whatanui, sometimes known as Te Whata, Toheāpare, or Toheata, was the son of Tihao of Ngāti Huia and Ngāti Parewahawaha, two hapū of Ngāti Raukawa. His mother was Pareraukawa, elder sister of Hape or Hape-ki-tūārangi…

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

Te Pehi Kupe was born at Kāwhia. He was the elder son of Toitoi and was descended in the senior line from Toa Rangatira, the eponymous ancestor of Ngāti Toa. His mother was Waipunāhau, a woman of the Ngāti Hinetuhi…

Part of: Te Pēhi Kupeauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Te Rangihaeata, born probably in the 1780s in the Kāwhia district, was a leader of Ngāti Toa. His hapū included Ngāti Kimihia to which he was kin through his mother, Waitohi, who was the elder sister of Te Rauparaha.…

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

Puhi-o-Aotea Rātahi was the third president of the Rātana church. She was born Ērina Wiremu Rātana, probably in 1898 or 1899, at Ōrākeinui, which in later years became the Rātana pā settlement. Her father, Wiremu Rātana…

Part of: Rātahi, Puhi-o-Aoteaauthored byAroha M. Waetford, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Peehi Tūroa, who was also known as Te Rākau-ā-Peehi Tūroa Papa-i-ōuru, was born some time in the later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from…

Part of: Tūroa, Te Peehiauthored bySteven Oliver, 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

Te Rauparaha was the son of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa, and his second wife, Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu), of Ngāti Raukawa. He is said to have been a boy when James Cook was in New Zealand. If so, it is likely that he was…

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

Haami Tokouru Rātana, usually known as Toko, was born at Parewanui, on the west bank of the Rangitīkei River, on 21 July 1894. He was the eldest of seven children of Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana and his first wife, Te…

Part of: Ratana, Haami Tokouruauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

The name of Hāmiora Tumutara Pio of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa appears in the written record largely through the efforts of John White and Elsdon Best. Hāmiora Tumutara wrote down ethnographical data for them, not…

Part of: Pio, Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenuaauthored byHirini Mead, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maata (Martha) Rātana, later better known as Te Reo T. W. R. Hura, was one of seven children of Te Urumanaao Ngāpaki and her husband, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, who was to found the Rātana church. She was born on 16…

Part of: Hura, Maata Te Reoauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Peeti Te Aweawe was born about 1820, the son of Wiremu Kīngi Te Aweawe and his first wife, Hinetārake. His hapū was Ngāti Hineaute, who trace their descent from Rangitāne and Whātonga. One of several Rangitāne…

Part of: Te Aweawe, Te Peetiauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rere-ō-maki is thought to have been born at a settlement on the lower reaches of the Wanganui River. Her mother, Titia, was of Te Arawa, and her father, Te Aewa, a notable warrior, was of Ngāti Tūpoho of Te Āti Haunui-a…

Part of: Rere-ō-makiauthored byRuth Wilkie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ānaua, of Pūtiki Wharanui pā, near the mouth of the Wanganui River, was the leader of Ngāti Ruaka of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi in the early and mid nineteenth century. Descended from Hinengākau, his father was Te…

Part of: Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi, also known as Te Pūoho-ki-te-rangi, Ngārau, and Te Manu, was born possibly in the late eighteenth century, at Poutama, the tribal homeland of Ngāti Tama, in northern Taranaki. He was the eldest son…

Part of: Te Pūoho-o-te-rangiauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kere Ngātai-e-rua, also known as Te Kere Te Huaki, was the son of Pūtere and her husband, Te Huaki; the date of his birth is uncertain. He became a peacemaker and healer with strong ties to the King movement; his…

Part of: Te Kere Ngātai-e-ruaauthored byDavid Young, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangiotū, who took in baptism the name of Hoani Meihana (John Mason), was a descendant of the ancestors Te Rangi-te-pāia and Rangitāne through his father, Pohoi Te Rangiotū. Rīria Rangipōtango was his mother. He was…

Part of: Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihanaauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tāraia Ngākuti, sometimes also known as Te Tumuhuia, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was the son of Te Kaharunga and of Rewa, daughter of Te Rangitūmamao. His mana derived from his descent from Hineipu,…

Part of: Tāraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuiaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāpiki (Maggie) Waaka was born on 4 May 1888 at Kai Iwi, north of Whanganui. She belonged to Ngāti Pūkeko, a hapū of Ngā Rauru, and to Ngāti Apa. Her parents were Waaka Hākaraia and his wife, Ngāpiki Rēweti Pāponga.…

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

Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere Rikiriki, born probably in 1855 or 1856 and known as Mere Rikiriki, was the daughter of Kāwana Rōpiha (also known as Kāwana Hūnia) of Ngāti Tauira, and Mere Rikiriki of Ngāti Te Rangitepaia.…

Part of: Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mereauthored byTe Tiwha Puketapu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team