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Waitohi was the daughter of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa, and his second wife, Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu), of Ngāti Raukawa. She was probably born in Waikato but her date of birth is not known. She was the sister of Te…

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

Benjamin Woods was the most important police officer in northern New Zealand between 1840 and 1853. He was born in King's County, Ireland, probably in 1787 or 1788, the fifth of six children born to Ann Wilkinson and…

Part of: Woods, Benjaminauthored bySherwood Young

Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840. As an heir to that mana, she was…

Part of: Love, Rīpeka Wharawharaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi Mitchell was born at Ōhinemutu on 5 May 1877, the elder of two children of Te Whakarato Rangipāhere Taiehu of Ngāti Te Takinga, a hapū of Ngāti Pikiao, and Henry Walker Mitchell, a…

Part of: Mitchell, Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangiauthored byDNZB, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Haimona (Simon) Pātete (also known as Haimona Turi) was born on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), in the Marlborough Sounds, probably in 1863 or 1864. Te Putu, his grandfather, and Turi Te Pātete, his father, were among the…

Part of: Pātete, Haimonaauthored byAnthony Patete, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino, the fifth paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was born in 1865 or 1866, probably at Waihī, near Tokaanu, the eldest son of Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV and Tahuri Te Tuaki (whose name is also…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino V, Tūreitiauthored byKen Te Huingarau Gartner, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Tāite Te Tomo was born probably in 1871 or 1872 near Ōtaki. His grandmother, Te Rerehau, a woman of chiefly rank of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, married Te Tomo (also called Tute) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Raukawa. Te Tomo…

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

Nothing is known of the parentage, tribal affiliation or early life of the Māori policeman Karira, also known as Creed. He first came to notice in 1852 when Donald McLean negotiated with him on behalf of the government…

Part of: Kariraauthored byRichard S. Hill, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Paipai, also known as Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai, was born near the end of the eighteenth century. He had connections with Ngāti Ruaka and other hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. His father, who died in 1847, was…

Part of: Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Te Ahoaho Tāhiwi was born on 1 December 1883 and baptised Te Kīngi on 30 December at Rangiātea church, Ōtaki. His father, Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a Native Land Court assessor, was of Ngāti Raukawa, and of the hapū…

Part of: Tāhiwi, Kīngi Te Ahoahoauthored byRupene M. T. Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

In 1828, when Ngāti Maru of Thames destroyed Ōtamataha pā at Te Papa, Tauranga, they left intact only the dwelling of the renowned and greatly feared tohunga Tahu. Nothing is known of Tahu's birth and parentage, but he…

Part of: Tahu, Matiu Parakatoneauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangi-i-pāia II was a woman of rank of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui. She was probably born at Tokomaru Bay; her father was Te Pori-o-te-rangi and her mother, Hinerori. Her grandmother was Te Rangi-i-pāia I. She…

Part of: Te Rangi-i-pāia IIauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kari Waaka was born on 6 March 1916 at Poroporo, near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko, a farmer, and his wife, Whakakī Hiki of Tūhoe. His father was the first Māori from Whakatāne to win…

Part of: Waaka, Te Kariauthored byTamati Wiremu Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takamoana derived chiefly rank among Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu in Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) through his mother, Te Rotohenga, also known as Winipere. Winipere married twice: Takamoana's father was…

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

Te Purewa was born at Whaitiripapa, in the valley of Rūātoki. His date of birth is unknown. When he was young he was also known as Te Oripa, but this name is rarely used. Te Purewa had links with many hapū of Tūhoe: Ngā…

Part of: Te Purewaauthored byHirini Melbourne, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Louis Hekenui Bidois, commonly known as Heke, was born at Te Puna, near Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty, on 28 March 1899, the son of Charles (Haare) Bidois, a farmer, and his wife, Pauline (Pōrina) Faulkner. Heke was a…

Part of: Bidois, Louis Hekenuiauthored byJinty Rorke, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Thomas Rangiwāhia Ellison, also known as Tom or Tāmati Erihana, was born at Ōtākou, on the Otago Peninsula, sometime between 1866 and 1868. Ellison's mother, Nani Weller (Hana Wēra), was the only child of Edward Weller…

Part of: Ellison, Thomas Rangiwāhiaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Aitū-o-te-rangi, the daughter of Te Whatahoronui and his first wife, Aromea, was born about 1820. She belonged to Ngāti Moe at Papawai, in Wairarapa, a hapū of Rangitāne and of Ngāti Kahungunu in Wairarapa. Her…

Part of: Jury, Te Aitu-o-te-rangiauthored byM. J. Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Āreta Keiha (usually known as Reta) was born in Gisborne on 24 December 1900, the son of Mīkaere (Mīkaera) Pare Keiha Tūrangi and his wife, Maraea (Maria) Hokiwi Ward. His father’s tribal affiliations extended…

Part of: Keiha, Kīngi Āretaauthored byMaata Rewanga Keiha, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Moore was born at Brunnerton, Westland, New Zealand, on 23 April 1871, the son of William Moore and his wife, Ruth Twigg, who had emigrated from Australia around 1868. William was a miner, later a mining engineer…

Part of: Moore, Georgeauthored byC. R. Bradwell