Manahi Nītama Paewai, sometimes known as ‘Doc’ Paewai, was born on 8 June 1920 at Mākirikiri, south of Dannevirke. His father, Nireaha (Niki) Paewai of Ngāti Te Rangiwhakāewa hapū of Rangitāne, was a farmer. His mother…
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John Bryce was born in Glasgow, Scotland, probably on 14 September 1833, the son of Grace McAdam and her husband, John Bryce, a cabinet-maker. John junior, his father, an older brother and a younger sister arrived in…
Dubbed an educational ‘saboteur’ by poet James K. Baxter, Elwyn Richardson was an educator who helped change the practice of teaching and learning in New Zealand schools in the second half of the twentieth century.1 He…
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Constance Palgrave Martyn, community and church leader in Palmerston North for many years, was born on 12 May 1864 at Palgrave, Suffolk, England, the daughter of Catherine Elizabeth Harrison and her husband, Charles…
Carl Axel Björk was born in Hedvig Eleonora parish, Stockholm, Sweden, on 5 August 1880. His mother was a 29-year-old unmarried seamstress, Johanna Sofia Björk. The identity of his father was not recorded. When Carl was…
Elizabeth Ralston Fergusson was born on 16 April 1867 at Balligmorrie, near Barr, Ayrshire, Scotland, the daughter of Eliza Ralston and her husband, James Fergusson, a farmer. Elizabeth's mother died when she was three…
Frederick Orton Hamilton was born at Greymouth on 27 December 1873, one of five children of Francis Hamilton and his wife, Jane Sarah Orton. After his mother's death his father remarried; nine more children were to be…
Alfred Clive Hulme was born in Dunedin on 24 January 1911 to Florence Sarah Matthews and her husband, Harold Clive Hulme, a clerk. Clive, as he was known, was educated at Eastern Hutt School, where he passed the…
Helen Clyde Inglis, the daughter of Jane Anne Eames and her husband, John Inglis, a merchant, was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 November 1867. She was educated at private schools and at Christchurch Girls'…
George Jobberns was born on 2 June 1895 near Te Moana in rural South Canterbury, the son of John Jobberns, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth Helem. His primary education at Te Moana was followed by secondary schooling…
Allan Marshall was born at Mercer on the Waikato River, New Zealand, probably on 9 November 1851, the son of Charles Marshall, a trader, and his third wife, Tiramate, of Ngāti Pou. After developing an early interest in…
Maxwell James Grant Smart was born in Wanganui on 16 April 1896, the son of David William Smart, a commercial traveller, and his wife, Isabella Ritchie Joss. After attending Wanganui Technical College he was employed as…
Guy Dinevor (later Dynevor) Thornton was born in Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, England, on 11 August 1872, the third of three children of John Thornton and his wife, Emily Scudder Smith, lay missionaries with the…
Eileen Hope Lewis was born in Rotorua, New Zealand, on 16 October 1884, the daughter of Thomas Hope Lewis, a surgeon, and his wife, Ellen Fenton. Both her parents were enthusiastic golfers and she learnt to play at an…
Archibald Dudingston Willis was born on 20 June 1842 at London, England, the son of Matilda Wills and her husband, John Willis, who died soon after Archibald's birth. At the age of 12 he was employed by a prominent firm…
Adela Mary Roche was born at Te Awamutu on 3 April 1878, the second child of Emily Adela Malcolm and her Irish-born husband, Hungerford Roche, a farmer and local politician. Her aunt, Fanny Osborne, was a well-known…
Bernard Fergusson was the country’s tenth governor-general and the last in a long line of British representatives in the imperial tradition. Cheerful and friendly, he was immensely popular and admired for his…
Carmen Rupe was a trailblazing transgender woman and entertainer, a larger-than-life personality, sex worker, and celebrated LGBTIQ+ icon. Proprietor of several notorious Wellington nightspots and one-time mayoral…
William Herbert Herries was born on 19 April 1859 in London, England, the son of Herbert Crompton Herries, a barrister, and his wife, Leonora Emma Wickham. His parents both came from families active in the British civil…
James Mackay, who was of Scots descent, was born in London, England, on 16 November 1831 to James Mackay and his wife, Ann. He arrived at Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 January 1845 on the Slains Castle in the company of…