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Wiremu Rikihana was born at Kaiawe, near Waireia, northern Hokianga, in 1851. He was of Ngāti Te Reinga of Waihou, and Te Rarawa; his hapū, Te Tāwhiu, was prominent in the north. His mother's name was Hārata. His father…

Part of: Rikihana, Wiremuauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wharetutu Te Aroha Solomon Score was born at Lyttelton on 28 January 1924, the daughter of Miriama Te Ahi Pūhia Pītini-Morēra (Beaton-Morel) and her husband, Rangi Wāwāhia Solomon Score. Although she was of chiefly…

Part of: Stirling, Wharetutu Te Arohaauthored byTipene O'Regan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whakataupuka of Ngāi Tahu was born probably in Murihiku (the southern part of the South Island), late in the eighteenth century. His Ngāi Tahu grandfather, Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū, was instrumental in securing peace…

Part of: Te Whakataupukaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Group portrait of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Whātua chiefs
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Hirini Te Rito Whaanga was born on Māhia Peninsula, according to most sources in 1828, the eldest son of Īhaka Whaanga, a prominent Ngāti Rākaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, and his wife, Te Haka Rākātō. He was…

Part of: Whaanga, Hirini Te Ritoauthored byPeter J. Lineham, 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

The time and place of Hēnare Matua's birth are uncertain. It may have been at Nukutaurua, on the Māhia peninsula, in the 1830s. Airini Donnelly, his stepdaughter, said that he returned from Nukutaurua to Hawke's Bay '…

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

William Arthur Moffatt (Māwhete) was born at Tiakitahuna (Jackeytown), south of Palmerston North, on 4 March 1880, the son of Emiri Mōkena (Emily Morgan) and her husband, William Moffatt. His mother, also known as Ārani…

Part of: Māwhete, Rangiputangatahiauthored byClaudia Orange, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pineāmine Taiapa was born at Tikitiki on the East Coast on 6 June 1901. His mother, Maraea Te Iritawa, and his father, Tāmati Taiapa, were of Te Whānau-a-Hinerupe, a hapū of Ngāti Porou. His mother was also connected to…

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

Te Pairi Tūterangi was born probably in the 1840s at Maungapōhatu, in the heart of the Urewera country. Through his father, Tūterangi, he had connections to Tamakaimoana of Maungapōhatu, Te Whakatōhea of Ōpōtiki and…

Part of: Te Pairi Tūterangiauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Early life Hone Peneamine Anatipa Te Pona Tuwhare was born on 21 October 1922 at Kokewai, a rural area south-east of Kaikohe, Northland. He was of Ngāpuhi descent, with connections to Ngāti Korokoro, Ngāti Tautahi, Te…

Part of: Tuwhare, Honeauthored byJanet Hunt, Te Haumihiata Mason

William Leonard Williams, known as Leonard Williams to Pākehā and as Mita Rēnata to Māori, was born at Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, on 22 July 1829. He was the third child and eldest son of Jane Nelson and her…

Part of: Williams, William Leonardauthored byFrances Porter

John Te Herekiekie Grace was typical of a group of Māori leaders that emerged in the 1950s. They represented a second generation of well-connected men who prided themselves on their loyalty to the Crown and their…

Part of: Grace, John Te Herekiekieauthored byGraham Butterworth, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Michael Rotohiko Jones was born at Poro-o-Tarao in the King Country on 14 September 1895, the son of Daniel Lewis, a European storekeeper, and Paretekōrae Poutama of Ngāti Maniapoto. Sometime after the birth of Michael'…

Part of: Jones, Michael Rotohikoauthored byReimana Rotohiko Jones, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hīria Kokoro Tiratahi was born, according to family information, on 3 June 1870, possibly at Tuahiwi in Canterbury. Her father was Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe chief Hēnare Kokoro Tiratahi of Waipōpō, near Temuka, and her…

Part of: Kokoro-Barrett, Hīriaauthored byHiria Moffat, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John (Jack) Ormond was born at Māhia on 18 December 1891; he was commonly known as Tiaki Ōmana. Tiaki was the fourth child of George Canning Ormond, a sheepfarmer, and his wife, Maraea Kiwiwharekete of Ngāti Kahungunu.…

Part of: Ōmana, Tiakiauthored byCushla Parekowhai, 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

Hirawanu Tapu (known also as Maitarawai and Taputehara Maitara) was born about 1824 at Te Awapātiki on the east coast of Chatham Island. He was a member of the Ōwenga Moriori tribe. His mother's name was either Rūnanga…

Part of: Tapu, Hirawanuauthored byMichael King, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett was born at Rotorua on 27 July 1913, one of 19 children of Frederick Augustus Bennett of Ngāti Whakaue of Te Arawa, and his second wife, Arihia Ngārangioue (Rangioue) Hēmana (or Pōkiha…

Part of: Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawakaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Matutaera Īhaka was born at Te Kao, Northland, on 18 October 1921. His great-grandfather, Parāone Ngāruhe, signed the Treaty of Waitangi on behalf of Te Aupōuri. Kīngi was the 13th of 14 children of Eru Tīmoko…

Part of: Īhaka, Kīngi Matutaeraauthored byKingi Ihaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

A direct descendant of Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura chiefs who controlled Petone, Ngauranga and Thorndon at the time of the Treaty of Waitangi, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph Love epitomised the tradition of chiefly…

Part of: Love, Mākere Rangiātea Ralphauthored byCatherine Love, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team