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Hōri Mahue Ngata was born on 8 August 1919 at The Bungalow, Waiomatatini, the home of his grandfather, Apirana Ngata. His father, Mākarini Tānara Ngata, a farmer, was Apirana’s eldest son; his mother was Maraea Mereana…

Part of: Ngata, Hōri Mahueauthored byWhai Ngata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Tana Pāpāhia was born probably sometime between 1856 and 1859 at Ōrongotea, on the north-west shoreline of the Hokianga Harbour. His father was Wiremu Tana Pāpāhia; his mother's name is not known. Pāpāhia was…

Part of: Pāpāhia, Hone Tanaauthored byWiritai Toi, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Poutama, of Tangāhoe hapū of Ngāti Ruanui, was born in South Taranaki, probably early in the nineteenth century. He was captured during a Waikato raid and taken to Mauinaina pā, near the mouth of the Tāmaki River. From…

Part of: Poutama, Te Māniheraauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Ethel Watkins was born on 17 March 1880 in Onehunga, the daughter of Madeline (Magdaline) Rātahi Cochrane and her husband, Bazett (Barrett) Watkins, a millhand. Her mother was the grand-daughter of early Hokianga…

Part of: Pritchard, Ethelauthored byMarie E. Burgess, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāwiri Puhirake, also known as Rāwiri Tuaia and Whakatauhoe, was one of the leaders of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga from the 1850s until his death in 1864. He was the son of Te Muna, and grandson of Whakapā and Hinerangi…

Part of: Puhirake, Rāwiriauthored byJinty Rorke, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu was a prominent leader of Te Āti Awa of the Wellington and Hutt Valley districts. He was born at Waiwhetū in the Hutt Valley on 7 February 1887, the eldest of four brothers and one sister. His…

Part of: Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutuauthored byTe Rira Puketapu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wiremu Rikihana was born at Kaiawe, near Waireia, northern Hokianga, in 1851. He was of Ngāti Te Reinga of Waihou, and Te Rarawa; his hapū, Te Tāwhiu, was prominent in the north. His mother's name was Hārata. His father…

Part of: Rikihana, Wiremuauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kahupāke (Kahupaake) Rongonui, also known as Hāriata Whareiti and Kahupāke Potatau, was born in Tāmaki-makau-rau (the Auckland isthmus), probably in 1868 or 1869. She was a member of Te Akitai, a subtribe of Te Wai-o-…

Part of: Rongonui, Kahupākeauthored byTe Warena Taua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ahu was a missionary among Te Arawa for over 50 years. From Te Uri Taniwha hapū of Ngāpuhi, he was born near Ōkaihau, in northern New Zealand. As a child, in 1832 or early 1833, he became a member of the household of…

Part of: Te Ahu, Īhāiaauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ao-kapurangi was born probably in the late eighteenth century. One of her parents was Parepūwhenua and the other possibly Te Whangongo. Descended from Tamatekapua of Te Arawa canoe and from Hoturoa of the Tainui…

Part of: Te Ao-kapurangiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Herekiekie of Ngāti Tūwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngāti Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the second decade of the nineteenth century. Through his father, Tauteka, leader of Ngāti Te Aho, he was descended…

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

Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato, of Ngāti Kahungunu, was born in Wairarapa, probably about 1820. His father was probably Te Rato. His mother's name is not known. Te Koti Te Rato may have been one of a group of 100 women and…

Part of: Te Rato, Wiremu Te Kotiauthored byJohn H. Roberts, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tukumana was born in the Thames district probably in 1862 or 1863. He was the son of Reihana Poto of Ngāti Maru, and Karukino Te Taniwha of Ngāti Puku and Te Mateawa hapu of Ngāti Whanaunga. Taiwiwi was another of his…

Part of: Te Taniwha, Tukumanaauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whakataupuka of Ngāi Tahu was born probably in Murihiku (the southern part of the South Island), late in the eighteenth century. His Ngāi Tahu grandfather, Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū, was instrumental in securing peace…

Part of: Te Whakataupukaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Peehi Tūroa, who was also known as Te Rākau-ā-Peehi Tūroa Papa-i-ōuru, was born some time in the later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from…

Part of: Tūroa, Te Peehiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wī Te Tau was the third in a succession of Anglican Māori ministers from the Huata family, their careers spanning most of the history of Christianity in New Zealand. His father, Hēmi, and his paternal grandfather,…

Part of: Huata, Wiremu Te Tauauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka was born at Te Kao, Northland, on 18 October 1921. His great-grandfather, Parāone Ngāruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Te Aupōuri. Kīngi was the 13th of 14 children of Eru Tīmoko…

Part of: Īhaka, Kīngi Matutaeraauthored byKingi Ihaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Iriaka Te Rio was born on 25 February 1905 at Hiruhārama (Jerusalem), on the upper Whanganui River. Her father was Te Rio Te Hihiri of Ngāti Hāua (Ngāti Hāuaroa), a people based mainly at Taumarunui, and of Ngāti Ruru,…

Part of: Rātana, Iriaka Matiuauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoia was one of the leading Wairarapa chiefs from the 1840s to the 1880s. The date and place of his birth are uncertain; it may have been at Te Ngāpuke (Te Waitapu, near Tuhitarata) in the 1790s.…

Part of: Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Piripi Te Maari-o-te-rangi was prominent as a defender of the rights of the Wairarapa people to their lands and lakes from the 1860s until his death in 1895. The evidence which he and his brother, Hōhepa Āporo, gave to…

Part of: Te Maari-o-te-rangi, Piripiauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team