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Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino, sometimes known as Hoani Te Rerehau or John Heuheu, was the youngest of five children of Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and his wife, Te Rerehau Kahotea (also known as Mere Te Iwa…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino VI, Hoaniauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

Haimona (Simon) Pātete (also known as Haimona Turi) was born on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), in the Marlborough Sounds, probably in 1863 or 1864. Te Putu, his grandfather, and Turi Te Pātete, his father, were among the…

Part of: Pātete, Haimonaauthored byAnthony Patete, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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A 1940 re-enactment of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
A 1940 re-enactment of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi
Apirana Turupa Ngata taking the lead in a haka on Waitangi Day 1940
Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie as kaikaranga, 1990

Kīngi Te Ahoaho Tāhiwi was born on 1 December 1883 and baptised Te Kīngi on 30 December at Rangiātea church, Ōtaki. His father, Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a Native Land Court assessor, was of Ngāti Raukawa, and of the hapū…

Part of: Tāhiwi, Kīngi Te Ahoahoauthored byRupene M. T. Waaka, 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

Wahanui Huatare, also known as Reihana Te Huatare, Te Reihana Whakahoehoe and Te Wahanui, was born probably in the late 1820s. He was the son of Te Ngohiteārau, also known as Te Huatare, of Ngāti Maniapoto. His mother,…

Part of: Wahanui Huatareauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Āpihai Te Kawau was born towards the end of the eighteenth century. His father was Tarahawaiki and his mother was Mokorua, who was descended from the Waiōhua people. Te Kawau's grandfather was Tuperiri, principal leader…

Part of: Te Kawau, Āpihaiauthored byAni Pihema, Ruby Kerei, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Te Kāuru Taiapa, one of 14 children and also known as John Taiapa, was born at Tikitiki on 10 August 1912. His parents were Tāmati Taiapa and Maraea Te Iritawa of Te Whānau-ā-Hinerupe and other closely related hapū…

Part of: Taiapa, Hōne Te Kāuruauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Morgan Stanislaus Grace was born at Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland, probably on 28 February 1837, the son of Ellen Mary Russell and her husband, James Grace, a landowner. Morgan (known within the family as Stan) was…

Part of: Grace, Morgan Stanislausauthored byP. J. Downey

John, commonly known as Jacky, Marmon was born in Sydney, New South Wales, probably on 5 June 1800, although some sources give the year of his birth as 1798 or 1799. He was the son of convict parents: Patrick Marmon, an…

Part of: Marmon, Johnauthored byRoger Wigglesworth

Hōri Ngātai was from Ngāti Hē hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, and was born at Maungatapu, near Tauranga. His ancestry can be traced to both the Mātaatua and Te Arawa canoes. He was the son of Tūtahi, who signed the Treaty of…

Part of: Ngātai, Hōriauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Tana Pāpāhia was born probably sometime between 1856 and 1859 at Ōrongotea, on the north-west shoreline of the Hokianga Harbour. His father was Wiremu Tana Pāpāhia; his mother's name is not known. Pāpāhia was…

Part of: Pāpāhia, Hone Tanaauthored byWiritai Toi, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu was a prominent leader of Te Āti Awa of the Wellington and Hutt Valley districts. He was born at Waiwhetū in the Hutt Valley on 7 February 1887, the eldest of four brothers and one sister. His…

Part of: Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutuauthored byTe Rira Puketapu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Peehi Tūroa, who was also known as Te Rākau-ā-Peehi Tūroa Papa-i-ōuru, was born some time in the later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from…

Part of: Tūroa, Te Peehiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Bishop Wiremu Nētana Pānapa, known affectionately as Barney, was the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was born in Ahikiwi, north of Dargaville, on 7 June 1898. Pānapa’s grandfather, Pānapa Hōhāpata, of Ngāti Ruanui, was…

Part of: Pānapa, Wiremu Nētanaauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ranginui Walker was a highly influential writer, public commentator, community leader and activist who played a significant role in the cultural and political renaissance of Māori in the 1970s and 1980s. He contributed…

Part of: Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaacauthored byPaul Spoonley, Te Kahautu Maxwell

Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka was born at Te Kao, Northland, on 18 October 1921. His great-grandfather, Parāone Ngāruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Te Aupōuri. Kīngi was the 13th of 14 children of Eru Tīmoko…

Part of: Īhaka, Kīngi Matutaeraauthored byKingi Ihaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Wheoro, who was later also known as Wiremu Te Mōrehu (William Morris) or Rehu, and also as Maipapa, was born in Waikato. His mother was Ngāpawa, and his father was Te Kanawa. Through Ngāpawa, Te Wheoro was descended…

Part of: Te Wheoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapaauthored byGary Scott, 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

Raharuhi Rukupō of Rongowhakaata is said to have been born at Ōrākaiapu pā, Manutūkē, in Poverty Bay, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He was the second son of Te Pohepohe (also known as Pītau) of Ngāti Maru…

Part of: Rukupō, Raharuhiauthored byPakariki Harrison, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team