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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

Eruera Hāmiora Tumutara, also known as Eru Hāmiora Pio, was probably born in 1859 or 1860 in the Te Whāiti district south-east of Murupara in the Bay of Plenty. He was the third child of Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-…

Part of: Tumutara, Eruera Hāmioraauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ānaru Iehu Ngāwaka, more popularly known as Naru or Andrew Ngāwaka, was born in the Whāngāpē area of north Hokianga, probably in 1872. His father, Iehu Ngāwaka, a farmer, and his mother, Ngāneko Mare (Murray), later…

Part of: Ngāwaka, Ānaru Iehuauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Mildred Amelia Woodbine Johnson (also known as Mīria Tāpapa) was born on 24 December 1877 in Poverty Bay at Ahipākura, east of Gisborne. Her mother, Mere Hape, was of Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki descent, from…

Part of: Pōmare, Mildred Amelia Woodbineauthored byMiria Louise Woodbine Pomare, 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

Alfred Patchett (Patiti) Warbrick told the historian James Cowan in 1934 that he had been born on 24 February 1860 near, and given his first bath in, the warm water basins of Te Tarata, the white terrace at Rotomahana.…

Part of: Warbrick, Alfred Patchettauthored byR. F. Keam, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi was the daughter of Te Matoha, of Ngāti Toa, and Te Hautonga, of Ngāti Mutunga and Te Āti Awa. Her birthplace is uncertain; it was either Kaweka, her mother's village near Urenui, in northern…

Part of: Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Kaheauthored byEleanor Spragg, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mihi-ki-te-kapua was the greatest composer of the Tūhoe and Mataatua peoples. At some time in the last years of the eighteenth century she was born at Ruatāhuna. Her hapū were Ngāti Te Riu and Ngāti Ruapani. While…

Part of: Mihi-ki-te-kapuaauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa Te Waharoa was the second son of Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to Ngāti Hauā, but also had links with Ngāti Hinepare (a hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tūhawaiki, known as Hone or John Tūhawaiki, and called 'Bloody Jack' by the sealers of Foveaux Strait, was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in Murihiku (the southern part of the South Island) from the death of Te Whakataupuka,…

Part of: Tūhawaiki, Honeauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Eramiha Neke Kapua was one of the most eminent Māori carvers of the twentieth century. His father was the well-known Ngāti Tarāwhai carver Neke Kapua, and his mother was Mereana Waitere, the elder sister of Tene Waitere…

Part of: Kapua, Eramiha Nekeauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Taurekareka (Tau) Hēnare was a Ngāpuhi leader noted for his commitment to the welfare, land rights, culture and education of his people. His first name was that of a Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi ancestor, and he was closely…

Part of: Hēnare, Taurekarekaauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Paea was the eldest daughter of Hēmi Tonoriri Kīngi and Ākinihi Ngaro Brown. Her father was a direct descendant of Te Whareumu of Ngāti Manu, now regarded as Ngāpuhi; her mother was the eldest daughter of Hōne and…

Part of: Cherrington, Te Paeaauthored byHotu Te Kuru, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Airini Ngā Roimata Grennell was born on 11 February 1910 at Waitangi in the Chatham Islands, the eldest of five children. Her father, William Henry Grennell, was a farmer and fisherman at Matarakau on the northern side…

Part of: Grennell, Airini Ngā Roimataauthored byAirini Payne, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James (Jimmy, or Hēmi) Waitaringa Mapu was born at Mōteo, Hawke's Bay, on 4 March 1894. His father was Porokoru Mapu, a younger brother of Pāora Kurupō, principal chief of Ngāti Hinepare of Ngāti Kahungunu. Porokoru was…

Part of: Mapu, James Waitaringaauthored byPatrick Parsons, 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

Piupiu Te Wherowhero was born, probably in 1886 or 1887, at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato. She was the daughter of Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta, the third child and second son of the second Māori King, Tāwhiao…

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

Te Hata Tīpoki, sometimes known as Te Hata Kōpū, was born in 1880, probably at or near Waihīrere in Wairoa, northern Hawke's Bay. His father was also called Te Hata or Hata Tīpoki and may have been a follower of Te…

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

David MacNish, whose surname was sometimes spelled McNish, was born probably in 1812 or 1813 in the parish of Trelawny, Cornwall, Jamaica. He was the son of David McNish, an estate overseer from Kirkcudbrightshire,…

Part of: MacNish, Davidauthored byJeff Downs