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Pātuki, of Ngāi Tahu, was born at Waipahi, Murihiku (South Otago/Southland), possibly as early as 1810 or as late as 1820, while his parents were returning to the Canterbury Plains area after a muttonbirding expedition…

Part of: Pātuki, Tōpiauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī Reedy (commonly known as Arnold Reedy) was born on 16 August 1903 at Whareponga, a somnolent seaside village on the East Coast of the North Island. He was the eldest of 10 children of Materoa…

Part of: Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakīauthored byMaraki Tautuhi Orongo Reedy, Miria Hine Tapu Te Ariki Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal (Roera) was born on 23 August 1896 at Muhunoa, Ōhau, in Horowhenua, the seventh of ten children of Te Kiniwē Roera Te Ahukaramū and Kēriata Hūnia Te Weu Tukukino. Rangi, as he was known, was…

Part of: Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwēauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, Tom Jamison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Te Rangiotū, who took in baptism the name of Hoani Meihana (John Mason), was a descendant of the ancestors Te Rangi-te-pāia and Rangitāne through his father, Pohoi Te Rangiotū. Rīria Rangipōtango was his mother. He was…

Part of: Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihanaauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu was born in 1848 or 1849, probably near Lake Tarawera, where she was brought up as a puhi (a treasured virgin until marriage) by her mother's people of Tūhourangi, a branch of Te Arawa.…

Part of: Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Maataauthored byTania Rei, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōri Tūpaea was born probably in 1879 or 1880 in the vicinity of Te Hauke, Hawke's Bay, the second child and eldest son of Arihi Te Nahu by her second marriage, to Hāmiora Tūpaea. Arihi was the eldest child of Karanama…

Part of: Tūpaea, Hōriauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Robert Pānapa Tūtaki (also known as Tūtaki Pānapa Stewart and Robert Tūtaki Pānapa) was born probably in 1887 or 1888 at Ruahāpia on the outskirts of Hastings, the son of Arapera Te Ngaaero and her husband, Pānapa Tuari…

Part of: Tūtaki, Robert Pānapaauthored byJohn E. Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Waitāoro of Ngāti Tama was born, according to family tradition, on the Chatham Islands, probably in 1848 or 1849. Her mother was Rongorongo of Ngāti Toa, who was a descendant of Werawera, the father of Te Rauparaha, and…

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

Frank David Winter (registered as Francis David Charles) was born at Waipukurau on 5 January 1906, the first child of Caroline Blanche Thomas and her husband, David Horatio Winter, a telegraph linesman. His grandmother…

Part of: Winter, Frank Davidauthored byJanet Winter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Papahurihia, also known as Te Atua Wera, was a renowned Ngāpuhi tohunga. He belonged to both Te Hikutū and Ngāti Hau hapū. The date of his birth is unknown; in 1866 he was said to be about 50 years of age, but he was…

Part of: Papahurihia, Penetanaauthored byJudith Binney, 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

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

Pāora (Paul) Kīngi Delamere was born, according to family information, in May 1889 at Whitianga, near Ōmāio on the eastern shore of the Bay of Plenty, and was first given the name Te Rata. His father was Te Kohi Edward…

Part of: Delamere, Pāora Kīngiauthored byTe Aomuhurangi Te Maka Jones, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha Ehau was born on 5 November 1885 at Ōtewā, a small community south-east of Ōtorohanga in the King Country. At the time of Kepa’s birth Te Kooti and his Ringatū followers were living at Ōtewā. They…

Part of: Ehau, Kepa Hāmuera Ānahaauthored byManu H. Pene, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Ormsby (Hone Omipi), of Ngāti Te Waha and Ngāti Pourāhui hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto, was born, according to family information, at Te Kōpua, near Pirongia Mountain, on 6 November 1854. He was the fourth child of the…

Part of: Ormsby, Johnauthored byM. J. Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hepi Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino was the seventh paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, part of a line that traced its ancestry to the tohunga of Te Arawa canoe, Ngātoroirangi. His grandfather, Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V, had…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino VII, Hepi Hoaniauthored byAlex Frame, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Pahi was by 1800 one of the senior chiefs of the north-western Bay of Islands. He was the son of Wharerau, a descendant of the ancient ancestral Ngāti Awa, the original people of the area, and of their Ngāpuhi…

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

Tiramōrehu was born at Kaiapoi pā, probably early in the nineteenth century, into a high-ranking family of the prominent hapū Ngāi Tūāhuriri of Ngāi Tahu. His father was Kāraki. Tiramōrehu was a descendant of Tūāhuriri…

Part of: Tiramōrehu, Matiahaauthored byHarry C. Evison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa was born at Ōtākou, on the Otago peninsula, probably in the 1830s or early 1840s. His father was the prominent Ngāi Tahu chief Te Mātenga Taiaroa, of Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, and his mother was Mawera of…

Part of: Taiaroa, Hōri Kereiauthored byHarry C. Evison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere (whose name is also recorded as Te Arapeta Pitameirangi Marukitepua Awatere) was born on 25 April 1910 at Tūpāroa, on the East Coast, to Petuere Wī Hēkopa Awatere, a farmer…

Part of: Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangiauthored byHinemoa Ruataupare Awatere, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team