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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

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

Tamarau Waiari, also known as Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia and Te Mākarini Kaikino, was a chief of high rank in Ngāti Koura, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Muriwai and Ngāti Hinekura, hapū of the Tūhoe tribe. His father was Waiari (…

Part of: Tamarau Waiariauthored byWharehuia Milroy, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Tohi Te Ururangi was a renowned warrior and leader of Ngāti Whakaue section of Te Arawa. He was born probably in the early nineteenth century. Through his father, Te Piere II, he was descended from Whakaue, through…

Part of: Tohi Te Ururangiauthored byJenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pene Taka was a leader of Ngāti Rangi hapū of Ngāti Ranginui iwi at Tauranga, from the 1850s to his death in 1889. When Lieutenant H. G. Robley of the 68th (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot met him in 1864 he…

Part of: Tuaia, Pene Takaauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie was a Ngāi Tahu (or Kāi Tahu) leader and woman of mana, and a prominent activist in the fields of Māori welfare and health from the 1970s to the 1990s. She was a long-serving member and president…

Part of: Rehu-Murchie, Erihapetiauthored byCharisma Rangipunga, Kirsty Dunn

Known in his youth as Tama-ki-Hikurangi, Kawepō was born at Taumata-o-he pā, at the junction of the Mangatahi Stream and the Maraekākaho and Ngaruroro rivers, early in the nineteenth century. His mother, Te Pakapaka,…

Part of: Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangiauthored byAngela Ballara, Patrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Golan Haberfield Maaka, also known as Te Kōrana, was born on 4 April 1904 on Ōruawharo station, Takapau, Hawke's Bay. His father was Aritaku Maaka, of Ngāti Hikatoa of Waimārama and Ngāi Tahu of Takapau, hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Maaka, Golan Haberfieldauthored byBradford Haami, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Mackay, who was of Scots descent, was born in London, England, on 16 November 1831 to James Mackay and his wife, Ann. He arrived at Nelson, New Zealand, on 26 January 1845 on the Slains Castle in the company of…

Part of: Mackay, Jamesauthored byHarry C. Evison

Tuiti Makitānara (Sweet MacDonald) was born at Havelock, Marlborough, on 8 August 1874, of Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa and Muaūpoko descent. He was the second child and eldest son of Rina Puhipuhi Meihana and Teoti…

Part of: Makitānara, Tuitiauthored byAnthony Patete, 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

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

Te Waari (Ward) Kahukura Whaitiri was born at Kairākau, Chatham Islands, on 11 September 1912, to Meriana Ngāpohe Rāwiri of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu, and her husband, Te Wera William Whaitiri, a labourer and seaman,…

Part of: Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukuraauthored byReina Ann Whaitiri, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Whetū Tirikātene-Sullivan was New Zealand’s first Māori woman cabinet minister, its longest-serving woman MP, and a staunch advocate in Parliament for Māori interests. An accomplished academic, social worker, designer,…

Part of: Tirikatene-Sullivan, Tini Whetu Maramaauthored byCharisma Rangipunga, Helen Brown, Hēni Jacob

Wēpiha Apanui (also known as Wēpiha Te Mautaranui) was the son of Apanui Te Hāmaiwaho and Mīria Tārei of Ngāti Awa. He was the first-born of two brothers and two sisters; the date and place of his birth are unknown.…

Part of: Apanui, Wēpihaauthored byHirini Mead, 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

Rāniera Ellison was born on 13 February 1915 at Ōtākou on the Otago Peninsula, one of nine children of Te Iwi (David) Herehere Merekihereka Hape Ellison, a farmer, and his wife, Horīwia (Olivia) Karetai. Of Ngāi Tahu…

Part of: Ellison, Rānieraauthored byCraig Ellison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Mete Raukawa of Ngāti Hangarau, a section of Ngāti Ranginui, was born at Bethlehem, Tauranga, probably in 1836 or 1837. He was the elder son of Simpson (Simson) Smith, a Scotsman who traded between Auckland and…

Part of: Raukawa, Te Meteauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pātuki, of Ngāi Tahu, was born at Waipahi, Murihiku (South Otago/Southland), possibly as early as 1810 or as late as 1820, while his parents were returning to the Canterbury Plains area after a muttonbirding expedition…

Part of: Pātuki, Tōpiauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Robert Agrippa Moengaroa Waitiri (later Whaitiri), commonly known as Bob, was born in Bluff, Southland, on 9 May 1916. Through his parents, Robert Agrippa Waitiri, an oysterman, and his wife, Mariam (Miriam) Effie Te…

Part of: Whaitiri, Robert Agrippa Moengaroaauthored byReina Ann Whaitiri, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team