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Rāpata Wahawaha, of Te Aowera hapū of Ngāti Porou, was born at either Te Puia or Akuaku, in the Waiapu district. His father was Hīpora Koroua and his mother Te Hapamana Te Whao. His most distinguished ancestor was…

Part of: Wahawaha, Rāpataauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Hāpuku, sometimes called Te Ika-nui-o-te-moana, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was a leader of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Kinship links within Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and other major tribal…

Part of: Te Hāpukuauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ian Prior was an influential doctor, activist and art patron. His ground-breaking health surveys in Pākehā and Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand and in Cook Islands and Tokelau earned him recognition as the…

Part of: Prior, Ian Ambury Millerauthored byBettina Bradbury
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Edward William Stafford was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 23 April 1819, eldest son of Berkeley Buckingham Smith Stafford of Maine, County Louth, Ireland, and his wife, Anne Tytler. Stafford grew up in the leisured,…

Part of: Stafford, Edward Williamauthored byEdmund Bohan

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…

Part of: Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngiauthored byAnn Parsonson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team