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Te Rangitopeora, also known as Rangi Topeora, was born at Kāwhia probably early in the nineteenth century. Her mother was Waitohi, of Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa, and her father Te Rākaherea. Her hapū were Ngāti Kimihia…

Part of: Te Rangitopeoraauthored byTeremoana Sparks, W. H. Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, possibly in 1836, the year of the battles of Te Tūmū and Mātaipuku, and lived there for most of his life. From time to time he also lived at Te Koutu, close to…

Part of: Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapaauthored byHamuera Mitchell, Jenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāpata Wahawaha, of Te Aowera hapū of Ngāti Porou, was born at either Te Puia or Akuaku, in the Waiapu district. His father was Hīpora Koroua and his mother Te Hapamana Te Whao. His most distinguished ancestor was…

Part of: Wahawaha, Rāpataauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Kīngi Te Ahoaho Tāhiwi was born on 1 December 1883 and baptised Te Kīngi on 30 December at Rangiātea church, Ōtaki. His father, Rāwiri Rota Tāhiwi, a Native Land Court assessor, was of Ngāti Raukawa, and of the hapū…

Part of: Tāhiwi, Kīngi Te Ahoahoauthored byRupene M. T. Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hauraki was the son of Kaitara, a principal leader of Ngāti Hineira and Te Uri Taniwha, of Ngāpuhi. In his youth Hauraki lived in Pukenui pā, Te Ahuahu, in the Bay of Islands. One wife of Kaitara was Inu, of Ngāti Pou;…

Part of: Te Wera Haurakiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Hura was the chief of Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, once a powerful hapū of Ngāti Awa, which occupied several villages in the region of Te Awa-a-te-Atua and Ōtamarākau, in the Bay of Plenty. Te Hura's main base in Te Awa-a-…

Part of: Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripiauthored byHirini Mead, Miria Simpson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Albert Oliphant Stewart, also known as Te Tāwhero Stewart (Tuati) and Arapeta Tuati, was born in Whakatāne on 16 July 1884, the son of Charles Edward Oliphant Stewart, a farmer, and his wife, Lily Agnes Te Tāwero, also…

Part of: Stewart, Albert Oliphantauthored byBradford Haami, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Wherowhero was born in Waikato towards the end of the eighteenth century. He was the eldest son of a Waikato warrior chief, Te Rauangaanga, and Parengāope of Ngāti Koura. He belonged to the senior chiefly line of…

Part of: Te Wherowhero, Pōtatauauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāhera Te Kahuhiapō was born probably in the 1820s at Motutawa pā at the southern end of Lake Rotoiti. Her father was Te Nia, a chief of Ngāti Pikiao; her mother, Rangiāwhao, a woman of high rank, was of Ngāti Pūkenga,…

Part of: Te Kahuhiapō, Rāheraauthored byJohn Aramete Wairehu Steedman, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Moetara was a leader of Ngāti Korokoro at Hokianga during the period of European contact in the 1820s and 1830s. He also had connections with Te Rarawa, Te Roroa and Ngāti Whātua. He is thought to have been born in the…

Part of: Moetara Motu Tongapōrutuauthored byAngela Ballara, Henare Arekatera Tate, John Klaricich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Horonuku was born probably in the 1820s at Te Rapa, near Tokaanu, on the south-western side of Lake Taupō, the son of Mananui Te Heuheu Tūkino II and his wife, Te Mare. In his youth and early manhood he was known as…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonukuauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangiotū, who took in baptism the name of Hoani Meihana (John Mason), was a descendant of the ancestors Te Rangi-te-pāia and Rangitāne through his father, Pohoi Te Rangiotū. Rīria Rangipōtango was his mother. He was…

Part of: Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihanaauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangitāhau, often known as Tāhau, was born probably in the late 1820s or early 1830s near Ōpepe, 10 miles south-east of Tapuaeharuru (Taupō). His descent was from Ngāti Hineuru, and from Ngāti Kurapoto and Ngāti…

Part of: Te Rangitāhau,authored byKen Te Huingarau Gartner, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāhui Te Kiri was born at Pākiri, on the east coast of Northland, in 1830 or 1831. Her father was Te Kiri, a chief of Ngāti Wai, and of Te Kawerau and Ngāti Manuhiri hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Rāhui's mother was Pepei of…

Part of: Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri and Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heruauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ānaua, of Pūtiki Wharanui pā, near the mouth of the Wanganui River, was the leader of Ngāti Ruaka of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi in the early and mid nineteenth century. Descended from Hinengākau, his father was Te…

Part of: Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tamarau Waiari, also known as Te Mākarini Te Wharehuia and Te Mākarini Kaikino, was a chief of high rank in Ngāti Koura, Ngāi Te Riu, Ngāti Muriwai and Ngāti Hinekura, hapū of the Tūhoe tribe. His father was Waiari (…

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

Te Kere Ngātai-e-rua, also known as Te Kere Te Huaki, was the son of Pūtere and her husband, Te Huaki; the date of his birth is uncertain. He became a peacemaker and healer with strong ties to the King movement; his…

Part of: Te Kere Ngātai-e-ruaauthored byDavid Young, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rei Hanataua was the leading chief of Tangahoe hapū of Ngāti Ruanui. He was the son of Wakataparuru and Hineao; his ancestry extends back to Turi and Rongorongo. He was born probably early in the nineteenth century,…

Part of: Te Rei Hanatauaauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Ormsby (Hone Omipi), of Ngāti Te Waha and Ngāti Pourāhui hapū of Ngāti Maniapoto, was born, according to family information, at Te Kōpua, near Pirongia Mountain, on 6 November 1854. He was the fourth child of the…

Part of: Ormsby, Johnauthored byM. J. Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Haimona (Simon) Pātete (also known as Haimona Turi) was born on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), in the Marlborough Sounds, probably in 1863 or 1864. Te Putu, his grandfather, and Turi Te Pātete, his father, were among the…

Part of: Pātete, Haimonaauthored byAnthony Patete, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team