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Haane Te Rauawa Manahi was born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, on 28 September 1913, the youngest son of Neti Mariana Insley and her husband, Manahi Ngākahawai Te Rauawa. Haane’s father belonged to Te Arawa and Ngāti Raukawa…

Part of: Manahi, Haane Te Rauawaauthored byNorman Bennett, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Te Herekiekie Grace was typical of a group of Māori leaders that emerged in the 1950s. They represented a second generation of well-connected men who prided themselves on their loyalty to the Crown and their…

Part of: Grace, John Te Herekiekieauthored byGraham Butterworth, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhakara Te Tuku Rāpana, widely known as Ike Robin, was born, according to family information, on 8 November 1886 at Wairoa. His mother, Riripeti Te Auē Roberts (or McRobert), was of Scots and Ngāti Kahungunu descent.…

Part of: Robin, Īhakara Te Tukuauthored byMatthew Bennett, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Pētera Te Hiwirori (Hiwi) Maynard was born, probably in 1892 or 1893, at Manutūkē, in the Gisborne area, the son of Wiremu Hātea Maynard and his wife, Pēhi Te Wīwini, both of Rongowhakaata. His father was a general…

Part of: Maynard, Pētera Te Hiwiroriauthored byJohn E. Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wharetutu Te Aroha Solomon Score was born at Lyttelton on 28 January 1924, the daughter of Miriama Te Ahi Pūhia Pītini-Morēra (Beaton-Morel) and her husband, Rangi Wāwāhia Solomon Score. Although she was of chiefly…

Part of: Stirling, Wharetutu Te Arohaauthored byTipene O'Regan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Described as the 'smartest Māori woman it has been my lot to meet' by an investigating policeman, Puna Hīmene Te Rangimārie was one of the first to be prosecuted under the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907. Little is known…

Part of: Te Rangimārie, Puna Hīmeneauthored bySally Maclean, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoia was one of the leading Wairarapa chiefs from the 1840s to the 1880s. The date and place of his birth are uncertain; it may have been at Te Ngāpuke (Te Waitapu, near Tuhitarata) in the 1790s.…

Part of: Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hirini Te Rito Whaanga was born on Māhia Peninsula, according to most sources in 1828, the eldest son of Īhaka Whaanga, a prominent Ngāti Rākaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, and his wife, Te Haka Rākātō. He was…

Part of: Whaanga, Hirini Te Ritoauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Matakātea was a principal chief of Ngāti Haumiti hapū of the Taranaki tribe. Born probably in Taranaki in the early years of the nineteenth century, he was first known as Moki. In the 1820s and 1830s he was caught up…

Part of: Te Matakātea, Wiremu Kīngi Mokiauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Awa-i-taia was born probably in the late eighteenth century. His mother was Purehina, and his father was Te Kata. Most sources state that Te Awa-i-taia had nine wives, including Rangihikitanga, Hinu, Kararaina,…

Part of: Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēraauthored byGary Scott, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Horonuku was born probably in the 1820s at Te Rapa, near Tokaanu, on the south-western side of Lake Taupō, the son of Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino II and his wife, Te Mare. In his youth and early manhood he was known as…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonukuauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti was born, according to family information, on 17 April 1877 at Waiōmio, Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands. He was the second son of Maihi Parāone Kawiti and his third wife, Hēningārino, and the…

Part of: Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihiauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III was a descendant of both Awanuiārangi, the founder of Te Āti Awa of Taranaki, and Tahuaoariki. More directly, he was descended from Te Rangiāpitirua, paramount chief of Te Āti Awa, and Korotaia.…

Part of: Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Eruetiauthored byDanny Keenan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Alistair Te Ariki Campbell was one of New Zealand’s most distinctive poetic voices from the 1950s to the 2000s. His work, which combined lyricism and darkness, was shaped by an idyllic Rarotongan childhood, early family…

Part of: Campbell, Alistair Te Arikiauthored byMark Williams

Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa Te Waharoa was the second son of Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to Ngāti Hauā, but also had links with Ngāti Hinepare (a hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi was of Ngā Poutama and Ngāti Tūmango of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He also had ties with Ngāti Apa. He was the son of Paetahi, a Wanganui leader, who fought against Ngāti Toa at the battle of…

Part of: Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunaahau was born on Motungārara, a small island off Kāpiti Island, probably in the mid-1830s. He grew up during a time of unprecedented and irreversible social change, of which he…

Part of: Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahauauthored byHohepa Solomon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Waari (Ward) Kahukura Whaitiri was born at Kairākau, Chatham Islands, on 11 September 1912, to Meriana Ngāpohe Rāwiri of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu, and her husband, Te Wera William Whaitiri, a labourer and seaman,…

Part of: Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukuraauthored byReina Ann Whaitiri, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century at Pāmotumotu, near the Mangatutu Stream, the eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tūkino I…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananuiauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Retireti Tapsell, also known as Tāpihana, was the eldest son of Phillip (or Philip) Tapsell, a Bay of Plenty trader, and Hineitūrama (Hineatūrama) Ngātiki, a high-ranking member of Ngāti Whakaue, a section of Te Arawa.…

Part of: Tapsell, Ngātai Tohi Te Ururangiauthored bySherwood Young, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team