Te Kiato Rīwai, or Kia, as she was more commonly known, was born in the Chatham Islands, on 21 November 1912, to Mere Ngautanga Dix of Ngāti Mutunga and Te Oti Rīwai, a farm labourer of Ngāi Tahu; her father’s hapu was…
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Rāhui Te Kiri was born at Pākiri, on the east coast of Northland, in 1830 or 1831. Her father was Te Kiri, a chief of Ngāti Wai, and of Te Kawerau and Ngāti Manuhiri hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Rāhui's mother was Pepei of…
Te Mamaku, a chief of Ngāti Hāua-te-rangi, was born probably in the late eighteenth century, at Makakote, near the junction of the Whanganui and Retaruke rivers. His father was Te Ora Kairākau, and his mother was…
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Te Rangi-i-pāia II was a woman of rank of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. She was probably born at Tokomaru Bay; her father was Te Pori-o-te-rangi and her mother, Hinerori. Her grandmother was Te Rangi-i-pāia I. She…
Te Tuhi was born in Waikato. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta. His father was Paratene Te Maioha, a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Te Tuhi was a second cousin of Tāwhiao, Te Wherowhero's successor,…
Hōniana, as he was known in his youth, belonged to Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū of Te Āti Awa. His descent was distinguished. His father was Rerewha-i-te-rangi, whose eldest son he was. His father was in…
Te Ānaua, of Pūtiki Wharanui pā, near the mouth of the Wanganui River, was the leader of Ngāti Ruaka of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi in the early and mid nineteenth century. Descended from Hinengākau, his father was Te…
Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, also known as John Alfred Jury, John Alfred Te Whatahoro Jury, Te Whatahoro Jury, and Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro, was born on 4 February 1841 at Rākaukākā, Poverty Bay. He was the eldest son of Te…
Te Kere Ngātai-e-rua, also known as Te Kere Te Huaki, was the son of Pūtere and her husband, Te Huaki; the date of his birth is uncertain. He became a peacemaker and healer with strong ties to the King movement; his…
Maata (Martha) Rātana, later better known as Te Reo T. W. R. Hura, was one of seven children of Te Urumanaao Ngāpaki and her husband, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, who was to found the Rātana church. She was born on 16…
Te Kāhui Kararehe lived at a time when Māori–Pākehā relations in Taranaki were at their most critical. Born on 14 January 1846 at Te Ahoroa pā, Pungaereere, he was the eldest surviving son of Minarapa Rangihatuake, also…
Te Rangiotū, who took in baptism the name of Hoani Meihana (John Mason), was a descendant of the ancestors Te Rangi-te-pāia and Rangitāne through his father, Pohoi Te Rangiotū. Rīria Rangipōtango was his mother. He was…
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…
Born in Maungatautari, Waikato, on 8 June 1905, Wiremu Te Ranga Poutapu, known as Piri (Bill), was of the Tainui people Ngāti Korokī. His father was Pouaka Winikerei, a carpenter, and his mother Rangitaau Paraki. The…
Herea, later known as Te Heuheu Tūkino, was born around the middle of the eighteenth century. He was the son of Tūkino, leader of the Ngāti Tūrumakina section of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and his wife, Parewairere. Through his…
Pei Te Hurinui Jones was the son of Daniel Lewis, a European storekeeper, and Paretekōrae Poutama of Ngāti Maniapoto. He was born on 9 September 1898 at Harataunga (Kennedys Bay) on the eastern coast of the Coromandel…
Te Rangitāke is thought to have been born in the last years of the eighteenth century, at Manukorihi pā, Waitara. He was of Ngāti Kura and Ngāti Mutunga descent, and is primarily identified with Te Āti Awa. His father…
Īhaka Te Tai Hakuene was born at Rāwhiti in the Bay of Islands, probably in the late 1830s or early 1840s; he is known to have been a child during the northern war of 1845–46. He was the second son of Whai Hakuene, who…
When soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion recalled 'the Padre' they spoke with genuine warmth of the Reverend Hēnare Wēpiha Te Wainohu. As chaplain to the Māori troops during the First World War, Te Wainohu…
Te Rangikāheke, known also by his baptismal name of Wiremu Maihi (William Marsh), or Wī Maihi, was born in the early nineteenth century, according to his own evidence, about 1815, possibly at Puhirua or Te Awahou, in…