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Pātuki, of Ngāi Tahu, was born at Waipahi, Murihiku (South Otago/Southland), possibly as early as 1810 or as late as 1820, while his parents were returning to the Canterbury Plains area after a muttonbirding expedition…

Part of: Pātuki, Tōpiauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōri Mahue Ngata was born on 8 August 1919 at The Bungalow, Waiomatatini, the home of his grandfather, Apirana Ngata. His father, Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, was Apirana’s eldest son; his mother was Maraea Mereana…

Part of: Ngata, Hōri Mahueauthored byWhai Ngata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēnare Wiremu Taratoa was a leader of Ngāi Te Rangi of the Tauranga district. He was born about 1830; a photograph taken of him about 1860 shows a young man possibly in his 30s. His mother was Hera; his father's name is…

Part of: Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremuauthored byNgahuia Dixon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Himiona Tūpākihi Kāmira, sometimes known as Tākou, was born in 1880 at Reena in north-western Hokianga. He was to live there, or at Mātihetihe, on the coast south of Mitimiti, most of his life. His father, Tūpākihi…

Part of: Kāmira, Himiona Tūpākihiauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ruatara was one of the first Ngāpuhi leaders to become closely associated with Europeans. For most of his life he lived in the vicinity of Te Puna, in the Bay of Islands. His date of birth is uncertain and his parentage…

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

Rua Kēnana, sometimes known as Ruatapunui, has usually been considered to be the posthumous son of Kēnana Tūmoana of Ngāti Kahungunu, who was killed fighting for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki at Mākāretu sometime…

Part of: Rua Kēnana Hepetipaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Francis Fulloon, also known as Hēmi Te Mautaranui, is said to have been born on 12 August 1840 at Whakatāne, the son of John Fulloon and his wife, Koka Te Mautaranui. John Fulloon, of Anglo-French parentage, had…

Part of: Fulloon, James Francisauthored byW. T. Parham

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

Ani Kaaro was the senior leader of Ngāti Hao, a small, declining hapū of Ngāpuhi from Rangiahua and Waihou in the upper Hokianga district. Her authority derived from her grandfather, Eruera Patuone, pre-eminent leader…

Part of: Kaaro, Aniauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Papahurihia, also known as Te Atua Wera, was a renowned Ngāpuhi tohunga. He belonged to both Te Hikutū and Ngāti Hau hapū. The date of his birth is unknown; in 1866 he was said to be about 50 years of age, but he was…

Part of: Papahurihia, Penetanaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon was born on 5 October 1866 in the Hokianga district, the son of Charles Haddon, a Scots bushman and farm labourer, and his wife, Te Paia (Sophia) Tahupōtiki, of Ngā Ruahine and Ngāti Manuhiakai…

Part of: Haddon, Robert Tahupōtikiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Eramiha Neke Kapua was one of the most eminent Māori carvers of the twentieth century. His father was the well-known Ngāti Tarāwhai carver Neke Kapua, and his mother was Mereana Waitere, the elder sister of Tene Waitere…

Part of: Kapua, Eramiha Nekeauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

According to family information, Maihi Parāone Kawiti was born in the Bay of Islands at Waiōmio, the cradle of Ngāti Hine, in 1807; his name at birth was Te Kūhanga. He was the third and youngest son of the chief Te…

Part of: Kawiti, Maihi Parāoneauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mohi Tūrei was born probably about 1830 and was brought up at Te Kautuku, near Rangitukia, in the Waiapu district, where his parents lived on their ancestral lands. His father was Te Omanga Tūrei of Ngāti Hokopū and his…

Part of: Tūrei, Mohiauthored byJ. T. Tamahori, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maharaia Winiata, commonly known as Maha, was born on 29 September 1912 at Ngāhina pā, near Rūātoki, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. His parents were Winiata Piahana and his wife, Te Ruakawhena Kohu, both of Ngāi…

Part of: Winiata, Maharaiaauthored byFrances Winiata, Piripi Winiata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William Arthur Moffatt (Māwhete) was born at Tiakitahuna (Jackeytown), south of Palmerston North, on 4 March 1880, the son of Emiri Mōkena (Emily Morgan) and her husband, William Moffatt. His mother, also known as Ārani…

Part of: Māwhete, Rangiputangatahiauthored byClaudia Orange, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Ormsby (Hone Omipi), of Ngāti Te Waha and Ngāti Pourāhui hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto, was born, according to family information, at Te Kōpua, near Pirongia Mountain, on 6 November 1854. He was the fourth child of the…

Part of: Ormsby, Johnauthored byM. J. Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka Broughton was born on 21 April 1940 at Whanganui. His father was Ruka Rākei Broughton of Ngāti Hine, a hapū of Ngāti Ruanui; his mother was Rēhia Bella Toherangi Whiu of Ngāti Maika, a hapū…

Part of: Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Rukaauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pāora Tūhaere is thought to have been born about 1825. His parents were Ātareta Tuha, the sister of Āpihai Te Kawau, and Whanararei, from Te Taou hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Te Taou cultivated land at Horotiu, which is now…

Part of: Tūhaere, Pāoraauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Hūtana was born at Poroutāwhao, near Ōtaki, probably in 1843 or 1844. His parents had been taken there as captives by Ngāti Raukawa after a battle at Te Roto-a-Tara in Hawke's Bay. His mother was Te Ahiahi of…

Part of: Hūtana, Īhāiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Don Hutana, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team