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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

Harry Delamere Dansey and Roger Ingram Dansey were sons of Englishman Roger Delamere Dansey, a postmaster, and his wife, Wikitōria Ngāmihi Kahuao. Harry was born at Tapuae-haruru (Taupō) on 7 November 1874 and Roger at…

Part of: Dansey, Harry Delamereauthored byJane Baxter, Juliet Robinson, Kath Boswell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Through her friendship with Katherine Mansfield, Maata (Martha) Mahupuku's name has become known in New Zealand literary circles, but little so far has been recorded of her life. She was born in Greytown, Wairarapa, on…

Part of: Mahupuku, Maataauthored byBarbara Angus, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hariata, a Ngāpuhi woman from Te Ahuahu, near Ōhaeawai, was the daughter of Pikimana Tūtapuiti and the wife of Hāre Pōmare, the son of Pōmare II, of Ngāti Manu. Both Hariata and Hāre were young adults when they visited…

Part of: Pōmare, Hāreauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Phillip Tapsell was the assumed name of Hans Homan Jensen Falk. His name is also recorded in a variety of other guises, including Philip Tapsell or Tapsall, Phillip Tapsel or Tapsal, Hans Tapsell and Hans Felk. Family…

Part of: Tapsell, Phillipauthored byW. T. Parham

Te Tuhi was born in Waikato. He belonged to Ngāti Mahuta. His father was Paratene Te Maioha, a cousin of Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Te Tuhi was a second cousin of Tāwhiao, Te Wherowhero's successor,…

Part of: Te Tuhi, Wiremu Pātaraauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

When soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion recalled 'the Padre' they spoke with genuine warmth of the Reverend Hēnare Wēpiha Te Wainohu. As chaplain to the Māori troops during the First World War, Te Wainohu…

Part of: Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpihaauthored byGrant Nikora Wainohu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Thomas Rangiwāhia Ellison, also known as Tom or Tāmati Erihana, was born at Ōtākou, on the Otago Peninsula, sometime between 1866 and 1868. Ellison's mother, Nani Weller (Hana Wēra), was the only child of Edward Weller…

Part of: Ellison, Thomas Rangiwāhiaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Jack Raharuhi Hēmi was born on 23 August 1914 at Te Whiti-o-Tutāwake, east of Masterton, the eldest surviving son of Hineipikitia-ki-te-rangi (Piki) Reiri, of Te Whiti, and her husband, Paraikete (Blanket) Hēmi, a…

Part of: Hēmi, Jack Raharuhiauthored byM. A. Hēmi, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Meri Te Tai was of Ngāti Te Rēinga, Ngāti Manawa and Te Kaitūtae, three hapū of Te Rarawa. She is said to have been born on 22 May 1868, near Whakarapa (Panguru) on the Hokianga Harbour. She was the great-grandchild of…

Part of: Mangakāhia, Meri Te Taiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere Rikiriki, born probably in 1855 or 1856 and known as Mere Rikiriki, was the daughter of Kāwana Rōpiha (also known as Kāwana Hūnia) of Ngāti Tauira, and Mere Rikiriki of Ngāti Te Rangitepaia.…

Part of: Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mereauthored byTe Tiwha Puketapu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Elsie Smith was born in Kingstone Lisle, Berkshire, England, on 8 September 1881, the daughter of Charles Collins Smith, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Ann Danse. She was educated at Hemdean House School, Caversham. In…

Part of: Smith, Elsieauthored byHuia Kirk

Takaanui Tarakawa was born, according to his own account, in 1852. His mother, Te Whakaumata, also known as Patumoana, of Ngāi Te Rangi, was one of three or four wives of Te Ipututu Tarakawa, Takaanui's father. Takaanui…

Part of: Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaiaauthored byPaul Tapsell, 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

Henry Te Reiwhati (Harry Ray) Vercoe was born at Maketū, Bay of Plenty, probably on 21 July 1884, the third child of Ngāhuia Te Ahoaho and her husband, Henry Vercoe, a surveyor. Vercoe's mother had tribal connections to…

Part of: Vercoe, Henry Te Reiwhatiauthored byWhakahuihui Vercoe, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Gage, or Hōri Te Kou-o-rehua Keeti as he was known to Māori, was born probably in 1895 or 1896 at Kihikihi, Waikato. His father, John Gage (Hōne Keeti), was of Ngāti Maniapoto. His mother, Rea Waitāuhi Nikorima…

Part of: Gage, Georgeauthored byTairongo Amoamo, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hikapuhi (Te Hikapuhi) Poihipi was born at Rotorua probably sometime between 1860 and 1871. She was the 10th and youngest child of Wiremu Poihipi and Hārete Ngāputu (also known as Hārete Manuhuia). Her mother, and…

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

Hōne Taare Tīkao told the historian Herries Beattie that he was born on Banks Peninsula in or about 1850, just two years after the Crown purchase of Canterbury from Ngāi Tahu, and within months of the arrival of the…

Part of: Tīkao, Hōne Taareauthored byTipene O'Regan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maata Horomona was New Zealand’s first movie star, as the leading lady in films by French filmmaker Gaston Méliès. Méliès claimed to have discovered her, but by 1912, when she appeared in three of his films, Maata was…

Part of: Horomona, Maataauthored byBasil Keane, Minette Hillyer

When she died in 1893, aged 31, Eleanor Catherine Mair, better known as Kate Sperrey, was acclaimed as 'one of the best portrait painters New Zealand has produced.' That she has since been virtually forgotten says less…

Part of: Sperrey, Eleanor Catherineauthored byJane Vial