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'Tangohia mai te taura i taku kakī kia waiata au i taku waiata.' (Take the rope from my throat that I may sing my song.) These words were spoken by Mokomoko, a chief of Te Whakatōhea of the eastern Bay of Plenty, as he…

Part of: Mokomokoauthored byTairongo Amoamo, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Paipai, also known as Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai, was born near the end of the eighteenth century. He had connections with Ngāti Ruaka and other hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. His father, who died in 1847, was…

Part of: Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Known in his youth as Tama-ki-Hikurangi, Kawepō was born at Taumata-o-he pā, at the junction of the Mangatahi Stream and the Maraekākaho and Ngaruroro rivers, early in the nineteenth century. His mother, Te Pakapaka,…

Part of: Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangiauthored byAngela Ballara, Patrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hēnare Pōtae was possibly born in the late 1820s. He belonged to Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare hapū of Ngāti Porou. His father was Te Pōtaeaute, also known as Ēnoka Pōtae, who signed a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi on 9 June…

Part of: Pōtae, Hēnareauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

According to tradition, Tuakana Āporotanga was born about 1852. His mother was Mākawa, daughter of Te Āporotanga, who was a leader of Ngāti Rua, a hapū of Te Whakatōhea of Ōpōtiki. His father was Charles Frederick…

Part of: Āporotanga, Tuakanaauthored byTairongo Amoamo, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840. As an heir to that mana, she was…

Part of: Love, Rīpeka Wharawharaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Wēpiha Apanui (also known as Wēpiha Te Mautaranui) was the son of Apanui Te Hāmaiwaho and Mīria Tārei of Ngāti Awa. He was the first-born of two brothers and two sisters; the date and place of his birth are unknown.…

Part of: Apanui, Wēpihaauthored byHirini Mead, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hine-i-paketia was a leader of Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay), and of the district extending south to the Manawatū Gorge, during the nineteenth century. She was publicly consulted by influential chiefs. She did not hesitate…

Part of: Hine-i-paketiaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Carl Sylvius Völkner was born in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, probably in 1819; his parents' names are unknown. Trained at the missionary college at Hamburg, Völkner was one of several missionaries sent to New Zealand by the…

Part of: Völkner, Carl Sylviusauthored byEvelyn Stokes

Horomona Pōhio claimed descent from the major lines of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha. His hapū were Ngāi Taoka, Ngāti Huirapa, Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa and Ngāi Tūāhuriri. His father was Tohu, his…

Part of: Pōhio, Horomonaauthored byTe Maire Tau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ēria Tūtara-Kauika Raukura was the leading tohunga of the Ringatū church, founded by Te Kooti Arikirangi. His father, Raukura, from Ngāi Tahupō of Māhia Peninsula, was taken prisoner by Tūhoe after tribal fighting. His…

Part of: Raukura, Ēria Tūtara-Kauikaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngāti Hē, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of Maungatapu pā in the 1830s and 1840s. He is known mostly from references in missionary journals and in The journal of…

Part of: Taipari, Nukaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tonga Mahuta was born probably in 1897 at his father's home at Hukanui, near Waahi pā, Huntly. He was the fourth surviving son of Mahuta Tawhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the third Māori King. His mother was Te Marae, a…

Part of: Mahuta, Tongaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tōpia Peehi Tūroa was a chief of Ngāti Patutokotoko hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi of the upper Whanganui River. His influence extended to Lake Taupō. Born probably in the second decade of the nineteeth century, he…

Part of: Tūroa, Tōpia Peehiauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu was a prominent leader of Te Āti Awa of the Wellington and Hutt Valley districts. He was born at Waiwhetū in the Hutt Valley on 7 February 1887, the eldest of four brothers and one sister. His…

Part of: Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutuauthored byTe Rira Puketapu, 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

Eruera Hāmiora Tumutara, also known as Eru Hāmiora Pio, was probably born in 1859 or 1860 in the Te Whāiti district south-east of Murupara in the Bay of Plenty. He was the third child of Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-…

Part of: Tumutara, Eruera Hāmioraauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Roera and Kurupō Tāreha, prominent landowners in Hawke's Bay, were sons of Tāreha Te Moananui, a principal chief of Ngāti Kahungunu. Tāreha had many wives in his youth, but the offspring of these marriages had all…

Part of: Tāreha, Kurupōauthored byAngela Ballara, Taape Tareha-O'Reilly, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takamoana derived chiefly rank among Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu in Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) through his mother, Te Rotohenga, also known as Winipere. Winipere married twice: Takamoana's father was…

Part of: Takamoana, Karaitianaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team