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Parore Te Āwha, of the hapū Te Kuihi, was born at Mangakāhia, probably sometime in the 1790s. Through his father, Toretumua Te Āwha, he was descended from the high chief Toa of Te Roroa, kin of Ngāti Whātua, whose…

Part of: Parore Te Āwhaauthored byGarry Hooker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangitaamo Tiahuia Taiuru was born at Waimoho, near Rangiriri in the Waikato district, on 24 July 1901. Her mother, Paretauhanga Rīwhero, was of Ngāti Hine of Waikato; her father, Moroati Taiuru of Rata in the…

Part of: Takarangi, Rangitaamo Tiahuiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Liz Stretch, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāwaka Taurua was a member of Pakakohe, a hapū of Ngāti Ruanui who lived at Hukatere, south of the Pātea River in South Taranaki. The names of his parents are not recorded. He also had connections with another Ngāti…

Part of: Taurua, Ngāwakaauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hōne Mohi Tāwhai was the son of Mohi Tāwhai and his wife, Rāwinia Hineikoaia (also known as Hārata). His father belonged to Te Māhurehure, a hapū of the Ngāpuhi confederation, and the family was also connected with Te…

Part of: Tāwhai, Hōne Mohiauthored byRanginui J. Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāniera Te Ahiko was born in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century at Taumata-ō-hē pā near the junction of the Mangatahi Stream and the Ngaruroro River in Hawke's Bay. This pā belonged to Te Uamairangi,…

Part of: Te Ahiko, Rānieraauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Matakātea was a principal chief of Ngāti Haumiti hapū of the Taranaki tribe. Born probably in Taranaki in the early years of the nineteenth century, he was first known as Moki. In the 1820s and 1830s he was caught up…

Part of: Te Matakātea, Wiremu Kīngi Mokiauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangitāhau, often known as Tāhau, was born probably in the late 1820s or early 1830s near Ōpepe, 10 miles south-east of Tapuaeharuru (Taupō). His descent was from Ngāti Hineuru, and from Ngāti Kurapoto and Ngāti…

Part of: Te Rangitāhau,authored byKen Te Huingarau Gartner, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe Ellison (Erihana) was born on 29 December 1899 at Puketeraki, north of Dunedin. Both her parents, John Matapura Ellison and his wife, Hera Parata, were of Ngāi Tahu; their main hapū were…

Part of: Te Tau, Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruheauthored byAngela Ballara, Katarina Te Tau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taiāwhio Tikawenga Te Tau was a leader of the major Māori political and religious movements in Wairarapa in the 15 years following 1910. He was the younger son of Kaipāoe, a high-ranking woman of Ngāti Rākairangi, and…

Part of: Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawengaauthored byS. M. Chrisp, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Lees Faulkner was born in Whitby, Yorkshire, England, probably some time between 1810 and 1812, the son of Jarvis Faulkner, a farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth. As a young man, working probably as a ship's carpenter…

Part of: Faulkner, John Leesauthored byJinty Rorke

Ruawahine, of Ngāi Tūkairangi hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, was the daughter of Tāwaho and Parewhakarau. Also known as Puihi, she was born probably in the early nineteenth century and became an important link between Māori and…

Part of: Faulkner, Ruawahine Irihāpetiauthored byLaurie Barber, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rere-ō-maki is thought to have been born at a settlement on the lower reaches of the Wanganui River. Her mother, Titia, was of Te Arawa, and her father, Te Aewa, a notable warrior, was of Ngāti Tūpoho of Te Āti Haunui-a…

Part of: Rere-ō-makiauthored byRuth Wilkie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wī Pere was born on 7 March 1837 at Tūranga (Gisborne), the son of Poverty Bay trader Thomas Halbert and Rīria Mauaranui, Halbert's fourth wife. Rīria was a woman of considerable mana, predominantly of Te Whānau-a-Kai…

Part of: Pere, Wiremuauthored byAlan Ward, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Mason Durie, usually referred to as Mason and known to Māori as Hoani Meihana Te Rama Apakura, was born on his father's farm at Aorangi, near Feilding, on 1 July 1889. His father, Robert Durie (Te Rama Apakura),…

Part of: Durie, John Masonauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Himiona Tūpākihi Kāmira, sometimes known as Tākou, was born in 1880 at Reena in north-western Hokianga. He was to live there, or at Mātihetihe, on the coast south of Mitimiti, most of his life. His father, Tūpākihi…

Part of: Kāmira, Himiona Tūpākihiauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Louis Wellington Parore was born at Te Houhanga marae, Dargaville, on 26 December 1888. According to tradition, he was the first of his people born in a European-style house and was known to his family as Te Rūma (the…

Part of: Parore, Louis Wellingtonauthored byGarry Hooker, Robert Parore, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John (Hoani) Te Rangiāniwaniwa Rangihau, known to his hapū and iwi as Te Nika and in the wider Māori world as Te Rangihau, was born at Kūhā, south of Waikaremoana, on 5 September 1919, to Karu Rangihau, a labourer, and…

Part of: Rangihau, John Te Rangiāniwaniwaauthored byRoka Rangihau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century at Pāmotumotu, near the Mangatutu Stream, the eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tūkino I…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananuiauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rohu was the daughter of Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino II and his senior wife, Nohopapa. She was born in the early part of the nineteenth century. The principal hapū of her father was Ngāti Pēhi (now Ngāti Tūrumakina) of…

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

Ani Kaaro was the senior leader of Ngāti Hao, a small, declining hapū of Ngāpuhi from Rangiahua and Waihou in the upper Hokianga district. Her authority derived from her grandfather, Eruera Patuone, pre-eminent leader…

Part of: Kaaro, Aniauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team