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Tarapīpipi was the second son of Te Waharoa of Ngāti Hauā. His mother was Rangi Te Wiwini. He was born in the early nineteenth century, possibly about 1805, at Tamahere, on the Horotiu plains. As a young man in the…

Part of: Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipiauthored byEvelyn Stokes, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hāmiora Wiremu Maioha, of Ngāi Tawake hapū of Ngāpuhi resident in the Bay of Islands, was often known as Hāmi, as Tahi to his intimates, and as Sam Maioha junior to his Pākehā business associates. He was the son of…

Part of: Maioha, Hāmiora Wiremuauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangi-taka-i-waho was born in Wairarapa. His baptismal name may have been Mānihera (Maunsell); the missionary William Colenso, with whom he had a close connection, knew him as Maunsell Te Kehu and he was commonly…

Part of: Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Māniheraauthored byAngela Ballara, Mita Carter, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Three Māori bargaining with a Pākehā, c.1845
An artist's impression of an encounter between Māori and Pākehā, 1841
Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

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

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

Jack Raharuhi Hēmi was born on 23 August 1914 at Te Whiti-o-Tutāwake, east of Masterton, the eldest surviving son of Hineipikitia-ki-te-rangi (Piki) Reiri, of Te Whiti, and her husband, Paraikete (Blanket) Hēmi, a…

Part of: Hēmi, Jack Raharuhiauthored byM. A. Hēmi, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Īhāia Pōrutu Puketapu was a prominent leader of Te Āti Awa of the Wellington and Hutt Valley districts. He was born at Waiwhetū in the Hutt Valley on 7 February 1887, the eldest of four brothers and one sister. His…

Part of: Puketapu, Īhāia Pōrutuauthored byTe Rira Puketapu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Frederick Augustus Bennett was born on 15 November 1871 at Ōhinemutu, Lake Rotorua. His mother, Raiha Ratete (Eliza Rogers), a high-born woman of Ngāti Whakaue section of Te Arawa, gave to her son the culture and…

Part of: Bennett, Frederick Augustusauthored byManu A. Bennett, 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

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

Wahanui Huatare, also known as Reihana Te Huatare, Te Reihana Whakahoehoe and Te Wahanui, was born probably in the late 1820s. He was the son of Te Ngohiteārau, also known as Te Huatare, of Ngāti Maniapoto. His mother,…

Part of: Wahanui Huatareauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ua Haumēne was the founder and prophet of the Hauhau church, the first organised expression of an independent Māori Christianity. He was born into the Taranaki tribe at Waiaua, in South Taranaki, in the early 1820s.…

Part of: Te Ua Haumēneauthored byLyndsay Head, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Horomona Pōhio claimed descent from the major lines of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha. His hapū were Ngāi Taoka, Ngāti Huirapa, Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, Ngāi Te Rakiāmoa and Ngāi Tūāhuriri. His father was Tohu, his…

Part of: Pōhio, Horomonaauthored byTe Maire Tau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tītokowaru was born near Ōkaiawa, in South Taranaki, probably about 1823. He belonged to Ngāti Manuhiakai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui. He traced his descent from Turi and Rongorongo, and from…

Part of: Tītokowaru, Riwhaauthored byJames Belich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ruawahine, of Ngāi Tūkairangi hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, was the daughter of Tāwaho and Parewhakarau. Also known as Puihi, she was born probably in the early nineteenth century and became an important link between Māori and…

Part of: Faulkner, Ruawahine Irihāpetiauthored byLaurie Barber, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Airini Karauria was born at Puketapu in Hawke's Bay, probably in 1854 or 1855. Her mother was Haromi Te Ata, and her father the Ngāti Kahungunu chief Karauria, sometimes known as Karauria Pupu. She was closely related…

Part of: Donnelly, Airiniauthored byS. W. Grant, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Henry Matthew Stowell was born at Waimate North, Bay of Islands, according to his own account on 4 February 1859, the son of John Shephard Stowell, a sawyer who had come to New Zealand from the United States, and his…

Part of: Stowell, Henry Matthewauthored byP. J. Gibbons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mona Tracy was one of three Canterbury writers whose children's books, written in the 1920s, have stood the test of time. Unlike her two contemporaries, Esther Glen and Edith Howes, however, she wrote historical novels…

Part of: Tracy, Mona Innisauthored byBetty Gilderdale

Bernard Fergusson was the country’s tenth governor-general and the last in a long line of British representatives in the imperial tradition. Cheerful and friendly, he was immensely popular and admired for his…

Part of: Fergusson, Bernard Edwardauthored bySarah Burgess