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William Watson Bird was born on 8 February 1870 at Crookham Common, Crondall, Hampshire, England, the sixth child of Harriet Hale and her husband, Alfred Bird, a carpenter. The family emigrated to Dunedin, New Zealand,…

Part of: Bird, William Watsonauthored byWilliam Renwick

Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower, known as Olivia Spencer Bower, was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, on 13 April 1905, with her twin brother and only sibling, Marmaduke, arriving 20 minutes later. Her…

Part of: Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme Spencerauthored byAnna Crighton

Malcolm McRae Burns was born on 19 March 1910 at Ashley Bank, North Canterbury, the child of farming parents John Edward Burns and his wife, Emily Jeffrey. He attended primary schools at Ashley Bank, Fernside and then…

Part of: Burns, Malcolm McRaeauthored byBruce J. Ross
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Roger Shepherd Duff was born in Invercargill on 11 July 1912, the son of Jessie Barclay and her husband, Oliver Duff, a schoolteacher who later became well known as a journalist and first editor of the New Zealand…

Part of: Duff, Roger Shepherdauthored byJanet Davidson

Robert Atherton Edwin was born at Camden Town, London, England, on 16 August 1839, the son of Felix Edwin, a commander in the Royal Navy, and his wife, Marianne Atherton. After attending Wimborne Minster Grammar School…

Part of: Edwin, Robert Athertonauthored byDenis Fairfax

Alfred Augustus Grace was the youngest of 12 children of Agnes Fearon and her husband, Thomas Samuel Grace, a Church Missionary Society missionary who lived among the Māori of the Taupō region. Although Alfred was born…

Part of: Grace, Alfred Augustusauthored byNelson Wattie

Edward Oliver Haddon, later known as Ōriwa Tahupōtiki Haddon, was born at Waitōtara, South Taranaki, on 7 November 1898, the eldest son of a Māori Methodist minister, Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon of Ngāti Ruanui, and his…

Part of: Haddon, Ōriwa Tahupōtikiauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mary Isabel Lambie was born in Christchurch on 26 October 1889, the eldest of five children of Margaret Sidey and her husband, George Lambie, a shipping agent. Her father was an elder of the Presbyterian church; her…

Part of: Lambie, Mary Isabelauthored byJan Rodgers

Arihia Kane Tāmati, who was to become Arihia Ngata, was born at Whareponga on the East Coast of the North Island, according to family information in 1879. She was the fourth of nine children of Mere Arihi Kākano and her…

Part of: Ngata, Arihia Kaneauthored byRanginui J. Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Geoffrey Sylvester Peren was born at Streatham, Surrey, England, on 30 November 1892, the son of Ethel Mary Fleming and her husband, Robert Henry Peren. His father came from a farming background but after attending the…

Part of: Peren, Geoffrey Sylvesterauthored byRoger Peren

William Noel Pharazyn was born in Wellington on 10 April 1894, the son of Maud Eleanor Kempthorne and her husband, Charles Pharazyn, a sheepfarmer from a prominent Wellington business and farming family. His grandfather…

Part of: Pharazyn, William Noelauthored byPeter Franks

Ronald Joseph Smith was born in Wellington on 2 May 1921, the son of carpenter Joseph Copley Smith and his London-born wife, Mabel Ellen Courcha, a former laundry worker. He was educated at Wellington College, leaving…

Part of: Smith, Ronald Josephauthored byKerry Taylor

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

Kereopa Te Rau was one of the five original disciples of Te Ua Haumēne, the founder of the Pai Mārire faith. He was a member of Ngāti Rangiwewehi of Te Arawa. The date and place of his birth are not known, nor the names…

Part of: Te Rau, Kereopaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son of Te Waru and his wife, Hine Te Oro. He could trace his ancestry to Toroa of the Mātaatua canoe, to Tia and Tapuika of…

Part of: Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngiauthored byAlister Matheson, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Arthur Tyndall was born on 12 April 1891 in Dunedin, the eldest of five children of Arthur William Tyndall and his wife, Frances Lawson. He attended Bluespur School (where his father was headmaster), Lawrence District…

Part of: Tyndall, Arthurauthored byJames W. Brodie

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

Wī Whitu was born on 4 December 1908 at Maungapōhatu, at the height of Rua Kēnana’s religious leadership there. His parents were Whitu Te Rangimakā (Makā) Tawa (or Kanuehi) of Hāmua, a Tūhoe hapū in Ruātoki, and his…

Part of: Whitu, Wīauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Nelson Williams was born at Waimate mission station inland from the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, probably on 22 August 1837, the third son of Jane Nelson and her husband, William Williams, a missionary and later…

Part of: Williams, James Nelsonauthored byMary Boyd

Little is known about the early life of confidence trickster Arthur Bently Worthington. His real name was Oakley Crawford, but he was also known as Samuel Oakley Crawford. He was born to Samuel Crawford, a lawyer, and…

Part of: Worthington, Arthur Bentlyauthored byRichard S. Hill