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Te Peeti Te Aweawe was born about 1820, the son of Wiremu Kīngi Te Aweawe and his first wife, Hinetārake. His hapū was Ngāti Hineaute, who trace their descent from Rangitāne and Whātonga. One of several Rangitāne…

Part of: Te Aweawe, Te Peetiauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangi Te Whāiti was born, according to family information, in 1890 at Pirinoa, Wairarapa. He was the third son among the 13 children of Irāia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whāiti, a Ngāti Kahungunu leader,…

Part of: Te Whāiti, Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangiauthored byRa Te Whaiti, S. M. Chrisp, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maata (Martha) Rātana, later better known as Te Reo T. W. R. Hura, was one of seven children of Te Urumanaao Ngāpaki and her husband, Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana, who was to found the Rātana church. She was born on 16…

Part of: Hura, Maata Te Reoauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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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 Hura was the chief of Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, once a powerful hapū of Ngāti Awa, which occupied several villages in the region of Te Awa-a-te-Atua and Ōtamarākau, in the Bay of Plenty. Te Hura's main base in Te Awa-a-…

Part of: Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripiauthored byHirini Mead, Miria Simpson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti was born, according to family information, on 17 April 1877 at Waiōmio, Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands. He was the second son of Maihi Parāone Kawiti and his third wife, Hēningārino, and the…

Part of: Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihiauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pōmare, originally named Whētoi, the son of Puhi of Ngāti Manu, was born in the latter part of the eighteenth century. He was connected by descent to Ngāpuhi hapū Ngāti Rangi, Ngāti Rāhiri and Ngāti Hine, and to the…

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

Moihi Te Mātorohanga, also known as Moihi (or Mohi) Torohanga, was of the major Wairarapa hapū Ngāti Moe. His family hapū was Ngāti Whakawhena. He was also kin to Ngāi Tahu of Wairarapa, Ngāi Tūkoko, Ngāti Kahukura-…

Part of: Te Mātorohanga, Moihiauthored byD. R. Simmons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mabel (Mēpara) Te Aowhaitini Mangakāhia was born on 4 September 1899 at Whangapoua on the north-eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula. She was the youngest of four children of Hāmiora Mangakāhia and his third wife,…

Part of: Mangakāhia, Mabel Te Aowhaitiniauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Horomona Pōhio claimed descent from the major lines of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha. His hapū were Ngāi Taoka, Ngāti Huirapa, Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa and Ngāi Tūāhuriri. His father was Tohu, his…

Part of: Pōhio, Horomonaauthored byTe Maire Tau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Murupaenga, leader of Ngāti Rongo, a hapū of Ngāti Whātua, was born, according to one calculation, about 1770. His parents were Ahiwera and Tūaea. In the period of his most important activity his home was near Makarau,…

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

Mutu Paratene Kapa was an elder, Māori scholar, sportsman, priest and noted orator. He was born probably in 1870 at Ōhinepū, Te Kōpua, near the sacred mountains Pirongia and Kakepuku. Kapa’s mother was Waimārama Pene…

Part of: Kapa, Mutu Parateneauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Emarina Rōpata, usually known as Lena, was born at Te Poho-o-Tiakiwai marae, in Wairoa, northern Hawke’s Bay, on 21 August 1915. Her parents, Wheti Rōpata, a dairy and sheep farmer, and his wife, Waimātai Pāora, were…

Part of: Manuel, Emarinaauthored byAngela Ballara, Rangi Manuel, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Manahi Nītama Paewai, sometimes known as ‘Doc’ Paewai, was born on 8 June 1920 at Mākirikiri, south of Dannevirke. His father, Nireaha (Niki) Paewai of Ngāti Te Rangiwhakāewa hapū of Rangitāne, was a farmer. His mother…

Part of: Paewai, Manahi Nītamaauthored byManahi Paewai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tāpihana (Dobson) Paraire Paikea, known as Dobbie, but registered at birth as Poata Paikea, was a great-great-grandson of the paramount Te Uri-o-Hau chief Paikea Te Hekeua. As such, he had his roots deep in Tai Tokerau…

Part of: Paikea, Tāpihana Paraireauthored byGarry Hooker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Materoa Ngārimu was born at Maraeke, Whareponga, on the East Coast, according to family information on 8 August 1881, the first of two children of Tuta Ngārimu, a sheepfarmer, and Mākere Rāiri. She came from the senior…

Part of: Reedy, Materoaauthored byPakariki Harrison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William Jenkins, known as 'Bill the Steward', was born on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, England, on 13 September 1813, the first child of William and Catherine Jenkins. Following his father's calling, William went to sea…

Part of: Jenkins, Williamauthored byCyril F. Browne

Taonui Hīkaka was born probably at Paripari (near present day Te Kūiti) in the early 1840s. He could trace his descent from Rakataura of the Tainui canoe. His father was Taonui Hīkaka (also known as Hīkaka) of Ngāti…

Part of: Taonui Hīkakaauthored byGary Scott, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēnare Te Atua was an important leader in the community of Ngāti Kere and other hapū at Pōrangahau in southern Hawke's Bay in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, where he succeeded to the authority of…

Part of: Te Atua, Hēnareauthored byAngela Ballara, Piri Sciascia, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Martha Sarah Kāhui Isaac (Īhakara) was born on 30 March 1895 at The Neck, Stewart Island. Her mother, Maryanne (Mereana) Louise Mapepe Isaac, was the daughter of Alice Pohe Whaitiri of Ngāi Taoka, a hapū of Ngāi Tahu,…

Part of: Bragg, Martha Sarah Kahuiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team