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James Francis Fulloon, also known as Hēmi Te Mautaranui, is said to have been born on 12 August 1840 at Whakatāne, the son of John Fulloon and his wife, Koka Te Mautaranui. John Fulloon, of Anglo-French parentage, had…

Part of: Fulloon, James Francisauthored byW. T. Parham

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

John Te One Hippolite (registered as Teone Hoani Hippolite) was born at Madsen Bay, D’Urville Island, on 25 August 1929, the eldest of 10 children of Benjamin (Peneamine) Hippolite, a labourer, and his wife, Maria Poto…

Part of: Hippolite, John Te Oneauthored byJoy Hippolite, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Ngāpora was born early in the nineteenth century. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta of Waikato. His parents were Hore and Kahurimu. He was the nephew of Te Rauangaanga and a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero. He was said to…

Part of: Ngāpora, Tāmatiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mārama Moetara was born, probably in 1875 or 1876, at Waimamaku, a coastal Te Roroa village on fertile land a few miles south of Hokianga harbour. She was the youngest of four sisters and two brothers, including the…

Part of: Russell, Māramaauthored byGarry Hooker, Venus McGill Corfield, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Waaka Perohuka was a tohunga and carver of the Rongowhakaata people of Tūranga (Gisborne). His date of birth is unknown but must have been in the late eighteenth century, as he was one of the principal leaders of…

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

According to his monument at Papawai, Hāmuera Tamahau Mahupuku was born on 25 September 1840. Other sources state that he was born in 1837, or in 1842. He was known to Europeans as Sam, and to Māori and in official…

Part of: Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahauauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hūria Mātenga was born at Whakapuaka (near Nelson) probably some time between 1840 and 1842. She was named Ngārongoā Kātene at birth, but was also known as Ngā Hota and, in later life, as Hūria Mātenga. Of Te Āti Awa,…

Part of: Mātenga, Hūriaauthored byMary Louise Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka Broughton was born on 21 April 1940 at Whanganui. His father was Ruka Rākei Broughton of Ngāti Hine, a hapū of Ngāti Ruanui; his mother was Rēhia Bella Toherangi Whiu of Ngāti Maika, a hapū…

Part of: Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Rukaauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Samuel Horouta Emery was born, probably in 1885, at the foot of Kakepuku in a small Māori settlement near Te Awamutu. His father was Samuel Hoera Joyce, a bushman, of Ngāti Mahuta; he also had kinship ties with Ngāti…

Part of: Emery, Samuel Horoutaauthored byCushla Parekowhai, John Himiona Hunia, 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

William (Wiremu) Leonard Parker was born at Mākarika station near Waipiro Bay, on the East Coast, on 4 February 1914, the son of Ngāti Porou parents William Leonard Parker, a farmer, and his wife, Te Oharepe Ruta (Ruth…

Part of: Parker, William Leonardauthored byPiripi Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kūkūtai's father, also named Kūkūtai, was a warrior of very high standing, and a leader of Ngāti Tīpā of Waikato, who were settled along the coast from Kāwhia Harbour to Waikato Heads, and along both banks of the…

Part of: Kūkūtai, Waata Pihiketeauthored byGary Scott, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hannah Retter was born two months before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and died as the treaty's centennial was being celebrated. Hers was one of a number of families created along Wellington's west coast by…

Part of: Retter, Hannahauthored byAnthony Dreaver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kani a Takirau was of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāti Porou. Born near the end of the eighteenth century, probably on the East Coast, he lived most of his life at Ūawa (Tolaga Bay). His mother was Ngārangikahiwa, the…

Part of: Te Kani-a-Takirauauthored 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

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

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

Airini Karauria was born at Puketapu in Hawke's Bay, probably in 1854 or 1855. Her mother was Haromi Te Ata, and her father the Ngāti Kahungunu chief Karauria, sometimes known as Karauria Pupu. She was closely related…

Part of: Donnelly, Airiniauthored byS. W. Grant, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngārimu was born into Te Aitanga-a-Mate of Ngāti Porou at Whareponga, on the East Coast, on 7 April 1919, the son of Hāmuera Meketū Ngārimu, and his wife Maraea. He had strong connections to Te Whānau…

Part of: Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwaauthored byWhai Ngata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team