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Wiremu Tako Ngātata, usually known as Wī Tako, was born around the beginning of the nineteenth century at Pukeariki pā in Taranaki. His father was Ngātata-i-te-rangi of Te Āti Awa and his mother Whetowheto of Ngāti…

Part of: Ngātata, Wiremu Takoauthored byA. R. Cairns, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John (Hoani) Te Rangiāniwaniwa Rangihau, known to his hapū and iwi as Te Nika and in the wider Māori world as Te Rangihau, was born at Kūhā, south of Waikaremoana, on 5 September 1919, to Karu Rangihau, a labourer, and…

Part of: Rangihau, John Te Rangiāniwaniwaauthored byRoka Rangihau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhakara Te Tuku Rāpana, widely known as Ike Robin, was born, according to family information, on 8 November 1886 at Wairoa. His mother, Riripeti Te Auē Roberts (or McRobert), was of Scots and Ngāti Kahungunu descent.…

Part of: Robin, Īhakara Te Tukuauthored byMatthew Bennett, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Tūtere Wī Repa was one of a group of Māori who, in the early twentieth century, set out to put their professional training at the disposal of their people. Less well known than men such as Apirana Ngata, Peter Buck and…

Part of: Wī Repa, Tūtereauthored byIrwin K. Jackson, 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

Matekoraha Te Peehi Rangihika, commonly known as Bessie, was born on 27 February 1902 at Whiritoa, a small Ringatū settlement between Waihī and Whangamatā. Her father was Rangihika Kereopa of Ngāti Maru, whose parents…

Part of: Jaram, Matekoraha Te Peehiauthored byE. M. Tutua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

After the Second World War Ruru Karaitiana’s song ‘Blue smoke’ provided a welcome-home theme for the returning troops, and later became the first all-New Zealand hit record. ‘These things are simply a matter of luck’,…

Part of: Karaitiana, Rangi Ruru Wānangaauthored byGordon Spittle, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Alister Murray Linton was born in Halcombe, northern Manawatu, on 12 March 1904, the ninth of eleven children of Francis Robert Linton, a stock dealer, and his wife, Emma Maria Bray. Murray, as he was known, was brought…

Part of: Linton, Alister Murrayauthored byJinty Rorke

Rina Winifred Rōpiha was born in Auckland on 6 April 1923, the elder of two children of Rhoda Winifred Tūruki Walker of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and her husband, Tipi Tainui Rōpiha of Ngāti Kahungunu and Rangitāne. Rina’s…

Part of: Moore, Rina Winifredauthored byKarin Beatson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Thomas Ritchie was born on 5 July, probably in 1843 or 1844, at Downpatrick in County Down, Ireland, the son of John Ritchie, a farmer, and his wife Eliza McMurray. He went to a church society school and entered a…

Part of: Ritchie, Thomasauthored byBuddy Mikaere

Te Huruhuru (or Huruhuru) of Ngāi Tahu was born probably about 1800. He was one of eight children. His father was Nuku and his mother was Te Whakaaro. His hapū were Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāi Taoka. Little is recorded…

Part of: Te Huruhuruauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōhepa Te Umuroa was a member of Ngāti Hau of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He may have been born in the early 1820s. The names of his parents are not known. He grew to be a tall man of over six feet, with a fine, large…

Part of: Te Umuroa, Hōhepaauthored byRuth Wilkie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mahuta Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta was born at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato, probably in 1854 or 1855. He was the eldest son of Tāwhiao, the second Māori King, and his senior wife, Hera. She was the daughter of Tāmati Ngāpora (…

Part of: Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowheroauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maharaia Winiata, commonly known as Maha, was born on 29 September 1912 at Ngāhina pā, near Rūātoki, in the eastern Bay of Plenty. His parents were Winiata Piahana and his wife, Te Ruakawhena Kohu, both of Ngāi…

Part of: Winiata, Maharaiaauthored byFrances Winiata, Piripi Winiata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Eruera (Edward) Te Whiti o Rongomai Love was born on 18 May 1905 at the Top House, the Love family’s homestead in Waikawa Bay in the Marlborough Sounds. He was the second son of seven surviving children of Wī Hapi Pākau…

Part of: Love, Eruera Te Whiti o Rongomaiauthored bySusan Love De Miguel, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takurua Tamarau, who sometimes used the name Takurua Mākarini, was born probably in 1871 or 1872 at Kohimarama in the Ruatāhuna district, shortly after the cessation of hostilities between the Tūhoe people and…

Part of: Tamarau, Takuruaauthored byWharehuia Milroy, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s who were to assume positions of leadership in both the Māori and Pākehā worlds. His birthplace was Pāhau…

Part of: Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naeraauthored byGraham Butterworth, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Barnet Burns claimed to have been born in Liverpool, England; the year of his birth was probably about 1806 or 1807. At the age of 13 or 14 he went to sea as a cabin-boy. He spent some time in Jamaica in the service of…

Part of: Burns, Barnetauthored byA. E. Korver

Harold Herbert Williams was born at Wairoa, northern Hawke’s Bay, on 25 January 1880, one of several children of Elizabeth Carroll and her Welsh-born husband, Herbert Joseph Williams, a county clerk and former constable…

Part of: Carr, Harold Herbertauthored byVincent O'Malley, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kaikōura Whakatau was the leader of Ngāi Tahu in the Kaikōura district throughout the first 25 years of European whaling, and pastoral settlement commencing in the 1840s. The date and place of his birth are not known.…

Part of: Kaikoura Whakatauauthored byHarry C. Evison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team