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Niniwa-i-te-rangi, often known as Niniwa Heremaia, was born at Ōroi, on the east coast of Wairarapa; the date of her birth is said to have been 6 April 1854. She was the eldest surviving daughter of Heremaia Tamaihotua…

Part of: Niniwa-i-te-rangiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Paea (Sophia) Tīaho, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in Waikato. Her father was Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Her mother was probably his senior wife, Whakaawi, but may have been…

Part of: Te Paea Tīahoauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Hūtana was born at Poroutāwhao, near Ōtaki, probably in 1843 or 1844. His parents had been taken there as captives by Ngāti Raukawa after a battle at Te Roto-a-Tara in Hawke's Bay. His mother was Te Ahiahi of…

Part of: Hūtana, Īhāiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Don Hutana, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840. As an heir to that mana, she was…

Part of: Love, Rīpeka Wharawharaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whiwhi, sometimes called Te Whiwhi-o-te-rangi, was the son of Te Rangitopeora, the sister of Te Rangihaeata, a woman who held a foremost place among Ngāti Toa and Ngāti Raukawa; she was the daughter of Waitohi, Te…

Part of: Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Māteneauthored byW. H. Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hāmiora Mangakāhia, also called Tana and later Piripi, is said to have been born in 1838 at Waikaurau, which was probably at Whangapoua Harbour on the eastern Coromandel Peninsula. His mother was Rīria Pōau (Pōnau) of…

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

Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoia was one of the leading Wairarapa chiefs from the 1840s to the 1880s. The date and place of his birth are uncertain; it may have been at Te Ngāpuke (Te Waitapu, near Tuhitarata) in the 1790s.…

Part of: Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngātuere was born at Te Pāparu, a Wairarapa pā near Te Ahikōuka, in the vicinity of the Waiōhine River. His father was Tāwhirimātea and his grandfather Te Ātāhuna, both leaders of Ngāti Kahukura-awhitia, one of the most…

Part of: Ngātuere Tāwhirimātea Tāwhaoauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hukunui Manaia was a leader of Ngāti Tū hapū of Ngāti Ruanui, whose territory was the coastal section of the Waimate Plain, in South Taranaki, between the Īnaha and Ōtakeho streams. Neither the names of his parents nor…

Part of: Manaia, Wiremu Hukunuiauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngā-kahu-whero was a descendant of the great Te Rarawa leader Te Rēinga, whose dwelling place was north Hokianga. Te Rēinga had supreme authority over the people and land of the area and this was handed down to his son…

Part of: Ngā-kahu-wheroauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Clendon (Himi Te Nana) Tau Hēnare was born at Mōtatau in the Bay of Islands on 18 November 1911, the youngest of six sons and one of eight children of Hera Paerata and her husband, Taurekareka (Tau) Hēnare, then…

Part of: Hēnare, James Clendon Tauauthored byPuna McConnell, Robin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Hāpuku, sometimes called Te Ika-nui-o-te-moana, was born in the late eighteenth century. He was a leader of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti. Kinship links within Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Ira and other major tribal…

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

Apirana Turupa Ngata was born at Te Araroa on the East Coast on 3 July 1874. He had connections with the leaders of Ngāti Porou. His hapū included Te Whānau-a-Te Ao, Ngāti Rangi, Te Whānau-a-Karuai and Ngāti Rākairoa.…

Part of: Ngata, Apirana Turupaauthored byM. P. K. Sorrenson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mete Kīngi Te Rangi Paetahi was of Ngā Poutama and Ngāti Tūmango of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He also had ties with Ngāti Apa. He was the son of Paetahi, a Wanganui leader, who fought against Ngāti Toa at the battle of…

Part of: Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Parore Te Āwha, of the hapū Te Kuihi, was born at Mangakāhia, probably sometime in the 1790s. Through his father, Toretumua Te Āwha, he was descended from the high chief Toa of Te Roroa, kin of Ngāti Whātua, whose…

Part of: Parore Te Āwhaauthored byGarry Hooker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāwaka Taurua was a member of Pakakohe, a hapū of Ngāti Ruanui who lived at Hukatere, south of the Pātea River in South Taranaki. The names of his parents are not recorded. He also had connections with another Ngāti…

Part of: Taurua, Ngāwakaauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William Turakiuta Cooper (sometimes known as Wiremu Te Apatū Cooper) was born at Muriwai, Poverty Bay, probably in 1885 or 1886, one of twin sons of Robert Cooper and Mere Morera (or Christie). Both parents were of…

Part of: Cooper, William Turakiutaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Piipi Raumati Tiopira, also called Phoebe, was born at Waihou, Hokianga, probably sometime between 1857 and 1862, the youngest of five children of Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki (also known as Tiopira Te Rurunga,…

Part of: Cummins, Piipi Raumatiauthored byGarry Hooker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pāora Te Pōtangaroa was the son of Ngaehe, of Ngāti Kerei and Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti, and Wiremu Te Pōtangaroa, a leader in the Mātaikona area of Wairarapa, of Te Ika-a-Papauma, a hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu. Through his…

Part of: Te Pōtangaroa, Pāoraauthored byAngela Ballara, Keith Cairns, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Born in Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, probably in 1886 or 1887, Pāora Temuera, sometimes known as Pāora Ngatapu Temuera, Pāora Temuera Tokoaituā or Pāora Tokoaituā, was the elder son of Temuera Tokoaituā, a Ngāti Whakaue Anglican…

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