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Charles and Edward Davis were two of the four sons of John Charles Davis (Hōne Hāre Rēweti) and his wife, Te Riutoto Aihe. John was the son of Merekaimanu of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa and Edward Telford Davis, of…

Part of: Davis, Charles Richardauthored byTe Aue Davis, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Born in the Ngāti Tama stronghold of Poutama, North Taranaki, early in the nineteenth century, Paremata was the eldest son of Ngāti Tama fighting chief Te Taku, and Kauhoe of Ngāti Hinetuhi, a hapū of Ngāti Mutunga. His…

Part of: Paremata Te Wahapiro, Te Kioreauthored byLesley Richardson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pineāmine Taiapa was born at Tikitiki on the East Coast on 6 June 1901. His mother, Maraea Te Iritawa, and his father, Tāmati Taiapa, were of Te Whānau-a-Hinerupe, a hapū of Ngāti Porou. His mother was also connected to…

Part of: Taiapa, Pineāmineauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hauraki was the son of Kaitara, a principal leader of Ngāti Hineira and Te Uri Taniwha, of Ngāpuhi. In his youth Hauraki lived in Pukenui pā, Te Ahuahu, in the Bay of Islands. One wife of Kaitara was Inu, of Ngāti Pou;…

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

Harry Delamere Dansey and Roger Ingram Dansey were sons of Englishman Roger Delamere Dansey, a postmaster, and his wife, Wikitōria Ngāmihi Kahuao. Harry was born at Tapuae-haruru (Taupō) on 7 November 1874 and Roger at…

Part of: Dansey, Harry Delamereauthored byJane Baxter, Juliet Robinson, Kath Boswell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangitīaria Dennan, better known as Guide Rangi, achieved wide recognition as a cultural ambassador. With charm, insight and wit she imparted the essentials of Māori tradition to the tourists she guided around the…

Part of: Dennan, Rangitīariaauthored byCushla Parekowhai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangimārie Hursthouse was born on 24 May 1892 at Oparure, near Te Kūiti. Her parents were Charles Wilson Hursthouse and Mere Te Rongopāmamao Aubrey. Charles Hursthouse had emigrated with his family from England in 1843…

Part of: Hetet, Rangimārieauthored byAtawhai Putaranui, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Through her friendship with Katherine Mansfield, Maata (Martha) Mahupuku's name has become known in New Zealand literary circles, but little so far has been recorded of her life. She was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, on…

Part of: Mahupuku, Maataauthored byBarbara Angus, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Stuart Newall (baptised as Stewart) was born in the parish of Durrisdeer, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on 9 May 1843, the son of Thomas Newall, a tailor, and his wife, Anne Dalziel. Nothing is known of his early life. In…

Part of: Newall, Stuartauthored byJ. A. B. Crawford

Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngāti Hē, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of Maungatapu pā in the 1830s and 1840s. He is known mostly from references in missionary journals and in The journal of…

Part of: Taipari, Nukaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tama-i-hara-nui, also known as Te Maiharanui, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the northern part of the South Island in the early nineteenth century. He was born well before the close of the eighteenth century in the area…

Part of: Tama-i-hara-nuiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Te Kirikūmara was a chief of the Ōtaraua hapū of Te Āti Awa. He was born in Taranaki; his father was Piriraukura. During his early life Te Kirikūmara took part in many of the intertribal wars involving his people…

Part of: Te Kirikūmara, Īhāiaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangitopeora, also known as Rangi Topeora, was born at Kāwhia probably early in the nineteenth century. Her mother was Waitohi, of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, and her father Te Rākaherea. Her hapū were Ngāti Kimihia…

Part of: Te Rangitopeoraauthored byTeremoana Sparks, W. H. Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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…

Part of: Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpihaauthored byGrant Nikora Wainohu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Eruera Hāmiora Tumutara, also known as Eru Hāmiora Pio, was probably born in 1859 or 1860 in the Te Whāiti district south-east of Murupara in the Bay of Plenty. He was the third child of Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-…

Part of: Tumutara, Eruera Hāmioraauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Turikatuku was the daughter of Mutunga II, and belonged to Te Hikutū and Ngāti Rēhia, who were related to Ngāpuhi; their territories stretched north from Te Puna and Rangihoua in the Bay of Islands towards Whangaroa.…

Part of: Turikatukuauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

Te Rangihaeata, born probably in the 1780s in the Kāwhia district, was a leader of Ngāti Toa. His hapū included Ngāti Kimihia to which he was kin through his mother, Waitohi, who was the elder sister of Te Rauparaha.…

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

Āperahama Taonui was the visionary leader of Ngāpuhi hapū Te Popoto of Utakura in the upper Hokianga, and a founder of the Kotahitanga movement, which evolved into the Māori parliaments of the 1890s. He was born, by his…

Part of: Taonui, Āperahamaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takaanui Tarakawa was born, according to his own account, in 1852. His mother, Te Whakaumata, also known as Patumoana, of Ngāi Te Rangi, was one of three or four wives of Te Ipututu Tarakawa, Takaanui's father. Takaanui…

Part of: Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaiaauthored byPaul Tapsell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team