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Ānaha Kēpa Te Rāhui, also known as Ānaha Mātao, is thought to have been born in the early 1820s, at Te Koutu pā on Lake Okataina. He was descended from Te Rangi-takaroro by his first wife, Rangipare. His father was Te…

Part of: Te Rāhui, Ānaha Kēpaauthored byRoger Neich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Pōkiha Taranui belonged to Ngāti Pikiao of Te Arawa, and was descended from Te Tākinga and Hineui. His mother was Te Huruhuru and his father was Taranui. He was born probably in the Rotoiti district early in the…

Part of: Taranui, Te Pōkihaauthored 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
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Ngāti Pikiao leader Te Pōkiha Taranui with his wife Ngārangikakī

Hikairo is thought to have been born in the late eighteenth century, probably between 1780 and 1790, probably at Puhirua or Te Awahou, on the northern shores of Rotorua. He became leader of Ngāti Rangiwewehi, one of the…

Part of: Hikairo, Wiremuauthored byJenifer Curnow, 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

John (Jack) Atirau Asher was born at Tauranga on 8 August 1892, the 10th of 11 children of Katerina Te Atirau, a high-ranking woman of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao descent, and David Asher, a Jewish…

Part of: Asher, John Atirauauthored byRingakapo Tirangaro Asher-Payne, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Keepa Te Rangi-pūawhe was a leader of Tūhourangi of Te Arawa. He traced his descent from Hou-mai-tawhiti through Tama-te-kapua. His father, also named Te Rangi-pūawhe, led Tūhourangi in war against Ngāti Pikiao…

Part of: Te Rangi-pūawhe, Te Keepaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi Mitchell was born at Ōhinemutu on 5 May 1877, the elder of two children of Te Whakarato Rangipāhere Taiehu of Ngāti Te Takinga, a hapū of Ngāti Pikiao, and Henry Walker Mitchell, a…

Part of: Mitchell, Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangiauthored byDNZB, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tohi Te Ururangi was a renowned warrior and leader of Ngāti Whakaue section of Te Arawa. He was born probably in the early nineteenth century. Through his father, Te Piere II, he was descended from Whakaue, through…

Part of: Tohi Te Ururangiauthored byJenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tene Waitere belonged to Ngāti Tarāwhai, who were kin to Ngāti Pikiao and Tūhourangi of Te Arawa of Rotorua. His mother was Ani Pape, the daughter of Te Rāhui, a prominent Ngāti Tarāwhai leader. As a young girl, she was…

Part of: Waitere, Teneauthored byRoger Neich, 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

Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son of Te Waru and his wife, Hine Te Oro. He could trace his ancestry to Toroa of the Mātaatua canoe, to Tia and Tapuika of…

Part of: Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngiauthored byAlister Matheson, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

At the time of her death, Witarina Harris was described by politician Tariana Turia as a ‘cherished kuia of Ngāti Whakaue o Te Arawa waka; darling of the silver screen; and one of Aotearoa’s original movie stars’. 1…

Part of: Harris, Witarina Te Miriarangiauthored byEmma-Jean Kelly, Te Haumihiata Mason

Albert (or Arapeta) Asher was born on 3 December 1879 and Ernest Te Kēpa Asher on 21 April 1886 at Tauranga, the fifth and seventh of eleven children. They were of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Pukenga descent…

Part of: Asher, Albertauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Katherine Te Rongokahira Asher was born on 21 November 1873 at Tauranga. Her father was David Asher, eldest son of Jewish immigrants Hannah Keesing and her husband, Asher Asher, a trader. Her mother was Katerina Te…

Part of: Parata, Katherine Te Rongokahiraauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

Samuel Horouta Emery was born, probably in 1885, at the foot of Kakepuku in a small Māori settlement near Te Awamutu. His father was Samuel Hoera Joyce, a bushman, of Ngāti Mahuta; he also had kinship ties with Ngāti…

Part of: Emery, Samuel Horoutaauthored byCushla Parekowhai, John Himiona Hunia, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Merekotia Amohau was born at Ōhinemutu, Rotorua, on 16 April 1898, the youngest child of prominent Te Arawa leader Hēnare Mete Amohau and his wife, Tūkau Te Hira of Ngāti Pikiao. Known as Mere, she was educated at…

Part of: Amohau, Merekotiaauthored byKanohimohoao Winiata, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangitīaria Dennan, better known as Guide Rangi, achieved wide recognition as a cultural ambassador. With charm, insight and wit she imparted the essentials of Māori tradition to the tourists she guided around the…

Part of: Dennan, Rangitīariaauthored byCushla Parekowhai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangikāheke, known also by his baptismal name of Wiremu Maihi (William Marsh), or Wī Maihi, was born in the early nineteenth century, according to his own evidence, about 1815, possibly at Puhirua or Te Awahou, in…

Part of: Te Rangikāheke, Wiremu Maihiauthored byJenifer Curnow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team