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Thomas Samuel Grace was born to John Grace and his wife, Sarah Lawrence Cox, on 16 February 1815 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. He married Agnes Fearon on 23 July 1845 at Whitehaven, Cumberland, and they had 12…

Part of: Grace, Thomas Samuelauthored byJanet E. Murray

Riperata (Riparata) Kahutia was born probably in 1838 or 1839 at either Makauri or Taruheru in Poverty Bay. She belonged to Te Whānau-a-Iwi hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. Her mother was Ūaia (Ūwaia), of Te Aitanga-a-…

Part of: Kahutia, Riperataauthored byR. De Z. Hall, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hīpango was a leader of Ngāti Tumango, of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He is thought to have been born about 1820. At his baptism his parent was named as Te Heke. Another source suggests that his father was called…

Part of: Hīpango, Hoani Wiremuauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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The origins of Manuel José are clouded in mystery. It is not known for certain where he came from, nor when he arrived in New Zealand. He arrived in the Waiapu area on the East Coast, probably in the late 1830s, and…

Part of: Manuel Joséauthored byR. N. McConnell, V. M. McConnell

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 Hāpuku, sometimes called Te Ika-nui-o-te-moana, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was a leader of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Kinship links within Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and other major tribal…

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

Born at Chanonat in the diocese of Clermont, France, on 17 May 1811, Jean Pezant, later known as Jean Étienne Pezant, was the son of a farmer, Michel Pezant, and his wife, Marie. He studied at the seminary of St Sulpice…

Part of: Pezant, Jean Étienneauthored byIan Church

The time and place of Hēnare Matua's birth are uncertain. It may have been at Nukutaurua, on the Māhia peninsula, in the 1830s. Airini Donnelly, his stepdaughter, said that he returned from Nukutaurua to Hawke's Bay '…

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

Te Ua Haumēne was the founder and prophet of the Hauhau church, the first organised expression of an independent Māori Christianity. He was born into the Taranaki tribe at Waiaua, in South Taranaki, in the early 1820s.…

Part of: Te Ua Haumēneauthored byLyndsay Head, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi was of Ngā Poutama and Ngāti Tūmango of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He also had ties with Ngāti Apa. He was the son of Paetahi, a Wanganui leader, who fought against Ngāti Toa at the battle of…

Part of: Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taukē, of Te Inu-ā-wai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui, was born probably in 1810 or 1811, in Waikato, where his mother was being held in captivity. When Taukē was born she thought of killing him to spare…

Part of: Taukē, Te Hāpimanaauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangi-taka-i-waho was born in Wairarapa. His baptismal name may have been Mānihera (Maunsell); the missionary William Colenso, with whom he had a close connection, knew him as Maunsell Te Kehu and he was commonly…

Part of: Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Māniheraauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whiwhi, sometimes called Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi, was the son of Te Rangitopeora, the sister of Te Rangihaeata, a woman who held a foremost place among Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa; she was the daughter of Waitohi, Te…

Part of: Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Māteneauthored byW. H. Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Douglas Hamilton was born on 15 July 1835, in Antwerp, Belgium, and lived there as a child. The son of Mary Wilkinson and her husband, William Hamilton, a merchant, George was a member of a prominent Scottish…

Part of: Hamilton, George Douglasauthored byIan McGibbon

Kahupāke (Kahupaake) Rongonui, also known as Hāriata Whareiti and Kahupāke Potatau, was born in Tāmaki-makau-rau (the Auckland isthmus), probably in 1868 or 1869. She was a member of Te Akitai, a subtribe of Te Wai-o-…

Part of: Rongonui, Kahupākeauthored byTe Warena Taua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Herekiekie of Ngāti Tūwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngāti Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the second decade of the nineteenth century. Through his father, Tauteka, leader of Ngāti Te Aho, he was descended…

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

Hirini Te Rito Whaanga was born on Māhia Peninsula, according to most sources in 1828, the eldest son of Īhaka Whaanga, a prominent Ngāti Rākaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, and his wife, Te Haka Rākātō. He was…

Part of: Whaanga, Hirini Te Ritoauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wī Pere was born on 7 March 1837 at Tūranga (Gisborne), the son of Poverty Bay trader Thomas Halbert and Rīria Mauaranui, Halbert's fourth wife. Rīria was a woman of considerable mana, predominantly of Te Whānau-a-Kai…

Part of: Pere, Wiremuauthored byAlan Ward, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāpora was born early in the nineteenth century. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta of Waikato. His parents were Hore and Kahurimu. He was the nephew of Te Rauangaanga and a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. He was said to…

Part of: Ngāpora, Tāmatiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe was a leader of Tūhourangi of Te Arawa. He traced his descent from Hou-mai-tawhiti through Tama-te-kapua. His father, also named Te Rangi-pūawhe, led Tūhourangi in war against Ngāti Pikiao…

Part of: Te Rangi-pūawhe, Te Keepaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team