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Tiakitai was a Ngāti Kahungunu leader of great mana in the Waimārama area of Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) in the first half of the nineteenth century. Through his father, Te Ōrihau, he was descended from Te Rangikoiānake I…

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

Hoani Parāone (Brown) Tunuiārangi was born probably in 1843 or 1844 in the Whakatomotomo valley near Palliser Bay in southern Wairarapa. It is thought that his father, John Robert Brown, was a whaler, possibly one of…

Part of: Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāoneauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mohi Tūrei was born probably about 1830 and was brought up at Te Kautuku, near Rangitukia, in the Waiapu district, where his parents lived on their ancestral lands. His father was Te Omanga Tūrei of Ngāti Hokopū and his…

Part of: Tūrei, Mohiauthored byJ. T. Tamahori, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Samuel Williams was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, on 17 January 1822, the third child of the Anglican clergyman Henry Williams and his wife, Marianne Coldham. Nearly eight months later the family left…

Part of: Williams, Samuelauthored byMary Boyd

Tomoana was born in the 1820s or early 1830s, probably in Heretaunga, Hawke's Bay. He was the third son of Te Rotohenga, also called Winipere, from whom he derived his high rank. Her father was Hāwea of Ngāti Te Whatu-i…

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

Joey Mātenga Ashton (Āhitana), sometimes called Joseph, was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, on 3 June 1907, the only child of Kiti Karaka Rīwai (Rēwai) and her husband, Te Ao Āhitana Mātenga (Joseph Ashton), a labourer.…

Part of: Ashton, Joey Mātengaauthored byCarole Ashton, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāpiki (Maggie) Waaka was born on 4 May 1888 at Kai Iwi, north of Whanganui. She belonged to Ngāti Pūkeko, a hapū of Ngā Rauru, and to Ngāti Apa. Her parents were Waaka Hākaraia and his wife, Ngāpiki Rēweti Pāponga.…

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

Rongowhakaata Pere Halbert was born at Waerenga-a-hika, near Gisborne, on 2 February 1894, the only surviving son of Hetekia Te Kani Pere (or Halbert), a farmer, and his wife, Riripeti Rangikohera Ranginui. He was of Te…

Part of: Halbert, Rongowhakaata Pereauthored byPeter Gordon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata Mathieson was born in New Plymouth on 31 March 1927. Her father, Thomas Berge Tūpeka (Bert) Mathieson, of the Taranaki iwi, was a motor mechanic and later a taxi and bus driver. Her mother…

Part of: Hond, Patricia Laura Te Waikapoataauthored byJeff Hond, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

After the Second World War Ruru Karaitiana’s song ‘Blue smoke’ provided a welcome-home theme for the returning troops, and later became the first all-New Zealand hit record. ‘These things are simply a matter of luck’,…

Part of: Karaitiana, Rangi Ruru Wānangaauthored byGordon Spittle, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hāriata Whakatau Pītini-Morēra was the most important leader of Ngāti Kurī, a founding hapū of Ngāi Tahu in the South Island. She was born at Little River, Banks Peninsula, probably in 1871 or 1872, the daughter of…

Part of: Pitini-Morera, Hariata Whakatauauthored byTipene O'Regan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, possibly in 1836, the year of the battles of Te Tūmū and Mātaipuku, and lived there for most of his life. From time to time he also lived at Te Koutu, close to…

Part of: Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapaauthored byHamuera Mitchell, Jenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Gareeb Stephen Shalfoon was born on 13 August 1904 at Ōpōtiki, the son of Raria (Mary) Hopa and her husband, George Shalfoon, a storekeeper. His mother was descended from the six major hapū of Te Whakatōhea, in…

Part of: Shalfoon, Gareeb Stephenauthored byReo Shalfoon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hārata Ria Te Uira Parata was born at Ōtaki on 22 January 1925, the daughter of Nātanahira Te Umutapu Wī Te Kākākura Parata, a farmer, and his wife, Ōriwa Tuini Horomona. Her paternal grandfather was Wiremu Te Kākākura…

Part of: Solomon, Hārata Ria Te Uiraauthored byEleanor Ria Solomon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Iwikau, the second surviving son of Herea, the first Te Heuheu Tūkino, and the child of Rangiaho, of Ngāti Maniapoto, was born late in the eighteenth century. Like his older brother, Mananui, he became a great warrior,…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikauauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Huruhuru (or Huruhuru) of Ngāi Tahu was born probably about 1800. He was one of eight children. His father was Nuku and his mother was Te Whakaaro. His hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāi Taoka. Little is recorded…

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

Te Maiharoa, who was also known as Hipa, was born probably at Te Wai-a-Te Ruatī, in the Arowhenua area near Te Umukaha (Temuka), early in the nineteenth century. His father was Te Rehi-oriori, and his mother was Kokiro…

Part of: Te Maiharoa, Hipaauthored byRoss Somerville, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe was a leader of Tūhourangi of Te Arawa. He traced his descent from Hou-mai-tawhiti through Tama-te-kapua. His father, also named Te Rangi-pūawhe, led Tūhourangi in war against Ngāti Pikiao…

Part of: Te Rangi-pūawhe, Te Keepaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangitāke is thought to have been born in the last years of the eighteenth century, at Manukorihi pā, Waitara. He was of Ngāti Kura and Ngāti Mutunga descent, and is primarily identified with Te Āti Awa. His father…

Part of: Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngiauthored byAnn Parsonson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hongi Hika was born near Kaikohe, in northern New Zealand: he told French explorers in 1824 that he had been born in the year of Marion du Fresne's death, which was in 1772; and he was a mature man at the height of his…

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