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Tiramōrehu was born at Kaiapoi pā, probably early in the nineteenth century, into a high-ranking family of the prominent hapū Ngāi Tūāhuriri of Ngāi Tahu. His father was Kāraki. Tiramōrehu was a descendant of Tūāhuriri…

Part of: Tiramōrehu, Matiahaauthored byHarry C. Evison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Edward Shortland was the third son of Captain Thomas George Shortland, RN, and his wife, Elizabeth Tonkin, of Courtlands, near Plymouth, England. He was baptised on 19 May 1812 at Charles, Devon. By 1851 he was married…

Part of: Shortland, Edwardauthored byAtholl Anderson
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Three Māori bargaining with a Pākehā, c.1845
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Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

Hōniana, as he was known in his youth, belonged to Ngāti Te Whiti and Ngāti Tāwhirikura hapū of Te Āti Awa. His descent was distinguished. His father was Rerewha-i-te-rangi, whose eldest son he was. His father was in…

Part of: Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōnianaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mona Anderson, author of A river rules my life (1963) and nine other books, was one of New Zealand’s most popular and successful non-fiction authors of the 1960s and 1970s. Her books gave readers a window into life on a…

Part of: Anderson, Amy Monaauthored byTim Shoebridge

George Ferguson Bowen is said to have been born in Ireland on 2 November 1821, the eldest son of Edward Bowen, rector of Taughboyne, County Donegal. His mother's name is unknown. He was educated at Charterhouse, and won…

Part of: Bowen, George Fergusonauthored byW. P. N. Tyler

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

Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Hochstetter is said to have been born on 30 April 1829 in Esslingen, kingdom of Württemberg, the son of Christian Ferdinand Hochstetter, a professor and parson, who had published works on…

Part of: Hochstetter, Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand vonauthored byC. A. Fleming

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

Golan Haberfield Maaka, also known as Te Kōrana, was born on 4 April 1904 on Ōruawharo station, Takapau, Hawke's Bay. His father was Aritaku Maaka, of Ngāti Hikatoa of Waimārama and Ngāi Tahu of Takapau, hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Maaka, Golan Haberfieldauthored byBradford Haami, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Manga, later called Rewi Maniapoto, was born in Waikato early in the nineteenth century. According to his memorial at Kihikihi, he was born in 1807, although at his death in 1894 he was said to be in his 70s. He was the…

Part of: Maniapoto, Rewi Mangaauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati Moko was born at Rotorua on 9 May 1885, the son of Tāmati Moko and his wife, Rawinia Te Whau Wharetutu. He was principally of Ngāti Whakaue of Te Arawa, although he was also connected to Ngāti…

Part of: Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmatiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Dobrée Pascoe was born at Christchurch on 26 September 1908, the elder of twin sons of Effie Denham and her husband, Guy Dobrée Pascoe, a prominent solicitor. After primary education at Sumner School, John attended…

Part of: Pascoe, John Dobréeauthored byJock Phillips

Hēmi Pōtatau was born on 20 May 1904 at Te Mimi o Te Hiki, Nūhaka, the ninth of 12 children of Hata Pōtatau, also known as Tīpene, and his wife, Te Raita (Taraita) Rore, also known as Te Waimātao. His father had links…

Part of: Pōtatau, Hēmiauthored byAngela Ballara, Tame H. Takao, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Stephenson Percy Smith was born at Beccles, Suffolk, England, on 11 June 1840, the eldest son of Hannah Hursthouse and her husband, John Stephenson Smith, a timber and corn merchant and later a civil servant. When Percy…

Part of: Smith, Stephenson Percyauthored byGiselle M. Byrnes

Hoani Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri was born at Rangiuru pā, near the mouth of the Ōtaki River, probably in 1839 or 1840. He belonged to Ngāti Pare, and was kin to Ngāti Huia, both hapu of Ngāti Raukawa; he was also kin to…

Part of: Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoaniauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

Mohi Te Ātahīkoia was born probably at Waimārama, Hawke's Bay, in the early 1840s. His mother was Maata Kōtakitaki, whose parents were Ngāti Whakaiti chief Tūāhu and his wife, Meretuhirangi. His ancestor Whakaiti was…

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

Te Tirarau Kūkupa, the son of Kūkupa and his first wife, Whitiao, was born probably in the late 1790s. He was descended from Rāhiri, an ancestor of Ngāpuhi; his grandmother was Te Toka-i-Tawhio, leader of Ngāti Ruangaio…

Part of: Te Tirarau Kūkupaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pāora Tūhaere is thought to have been born about 1825. His parents were Ātareta Tuha, the sister of Āpihai Te Kawau, and Whanararei, from Te Taou hapū of Ngāti Whātua. Te Taou cultivated land at Horotiu, which is now…

Part of: Tūhaere, Pāoraauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team