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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

John (Jack) Atirau Asher was born at Tauranga on 8 August 1892, the 10th of 11 children of Katerina Te Atirau, a high-ranking woman of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao descent, and David Asher, a Jewish…

Part of: Asher, John Atirauauthored byRingakapo Tirangaro Asher-Payne, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pōmare, often known as Pōmare Ngātata, was born in the early nineteenth century; his age was estimated as 30 in 1834. The names of his parents are unknown. He may have been descended from the chief Piritaka of Ngāti…

Part of: Pōmare, Wiremu Pitiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Paraire Hēnare Tomoana, known familiarly as Friday, was born probably in 1874 or 1875 at either Pākōwhai or Waipatu in Hawke's Bay. He was the eldest of the surviving children – 13 in all – of Hēnare Tomoana and his…

Part of: Tomoana, Paraire Hēnareauthored byAngela Ballara, Ngatai Huata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Gilbert Mair is said to have been born at Whāngārei, New Zealand, on 10 January 1843, the eighth of twelve children of Elizabeth Gilbert Puckey and her husband, Gilbert Mair, a merchant trader. Gilbert Mair senior was…

Part of: Mair, Gilbertauthored byPaula Savage

Wiremu Tako Ngātata, usually known as Wī Tako, was born around the beginning of the nineteenth century at Pukeariki pā in Taranaki. His father was Ngātata-i-te-rangi of Te Āti Awa and his mother Whetowheto of Ngāti…

Part of: Ngātata, Wiremu Takoauthored byA. R. Cairns, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pāora (Paul) Kīngi Delamere was born, according to family information, in May 1889 at Whitianga, near Ōmāio on the eastern shore of the Bay of Plenty, and was first given the name Te Rata. His father was Te Kohi Edward…

Part of: Delamere, Pāora Kīngiauthored byTe Aomuhurangi Te Maka Jones, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Tama-i-hara-nui, also known as Te Maiharanui, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the northern part of the South Island in the early nineteenth century. He was born well before the close of the eighteenth century in the area…

Part of: Tama-i-hara-nuiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, probably in 1886 or 1887, Pāora Temuera, sometimes known as Pāora Ngatapu Temuera, Pāora Temuera Tokoaituā or Pāora Tokoaituā, was the elder son of Temuera Tokoaituā, a Ngāti Whakaue Anglican…

Part of: Temuera, Pāoraauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tareahi was born late in the eighteenth century, probably at Te Poraiti, Wharerangi, on the western shores of Te Whanganui-a-Orotū, the inner harbour of present day Napier. As a Ngāti Kahungunu leader, Tareahi inherited…

Part of: Tareahi, Rāwiriauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Richard (Dicky) Barrett's date and place of birth, and his parents' names, are unknown. It is possible that he was born in Durham or London, in England. His colourful, readable journal and his connection in Durham with…

Part of: Barrett, Richardauthored byJulie Bremner

Taumata-ā-Kura belonged to Te Whanau-ā-Tinatoka, Te Whānau-ā-Haemata and Te Whānau-ā-Te-Uruahi of Ngāti Porou. He was born at Whakawhitira, near the Waiapu River, probably in the late eighteenth century. In 1823 he was…

Part of: Taumata-ā-Kura, Piripiauthored byApirana T. Mahuika, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takurua Tamarau, who sometimes used the name Takurua Mākarini, was born probably in 1871 or 1872 at Kohimarama in the Ruatāhuna district, shortly after the cessation of hostilities between the Tūhoe people and…

Part of: Tamarau, Takuruaauthored byWharehuia Milroy, 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

By his own account Henry Burling was born at Stratford, Essex, England, on 1 May 1801, the son of Thomas Burling, a soap-maker; another account suggests he was born on 5 October 1807, the son of James Burling and Joanna…

Part of: Burling, Henryauthored byH. A. L. Laing

Piipi Raumati Tiopira, also called Phoebe, was born at Waihou, Hokianga, probably sometime between 1857 and 1862, the youngest of five children of Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki (also known as Tiopira Te Rurunga,…

Part of: Cummins, Piipi Raumatiauthored byGarry Hooker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tītokowaru was born near Ōkaiawa, in South Taranaki, probably about 1823. He belonged to Ngāti Manuhiakai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui. He traced his descent from Turi and Rongorongo, and from…

Part of: Tītokowaru, Riwhaauthored byJames Belich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, possibly in 1836, the year of the battles of Te Tūmū and Mātaipuku, and lived there for most of his life. From time to time he also lived at Te Koutu, close to…

Part of: Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapaauthored byHamuera Mitchell, Jenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Moetū Haangū Ngāwai was born on 5 May 1910 at Enihau, her family’s home, a mile north of the East Coast township of Tokomaru Bay. Her parents, Te Rā Haangū Ngāwai, a farmer, and his wife, Te Ipo Hārata Te Awhi Kaahi…

Part of: Ngāwai, Tuini Moetū Haangūauthored byAnaru Kingi Takurua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team