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Tāwhiao, of Ngāti Mahuta in the Tainui confederation of tribes, was the son of Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and Whakaawi, Pōtatau's senior wife. He was born at Ōrongokoekoeā on the upper Mōkau River towards the…

Part of: Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowheroauthored byR. T. Mahuta, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

In the first 40 years of the twentieth century James Cowan was one of New Zealand's most widely read non-fiction writers. He wrote over 30 books and hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines, mainly about New…

Part of: Cowan, Jamesauthored byDavid Colquhoun

William Herbert Herries was born on 19 April 1859 in London, England, the son of Herbert Crompton Herries, a barrister, and his wife, Leonora Emma Wickham. His parents both came from families active in the British civil…

Part of: Herries, William Herbertauthored byMichael Belgrave
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Edward Francis Harris, whose lifelong search for identity finally secured him a place in both Māori and Pākehā society

The two Bulstrode sisters were Englishwomen who came to New Zealand to take charge of Hukarere Native Girls' School in Napier after Anna Maria Williams retired in 1899. Their father, William Bulstrode, was a farmer;…

Part of: Bulstrode, Emily Maryauthored byMary Boyd

Hēni Materoa, also known as Te Huinga, was born at Makauri, a few miles to the north-west of Tūranga (Gisborne); her birth date could have been either 27 October 1852 or 29 October 1856. Her father was Mīkaera Tūrangi…

Part of: Carroll, Hēni Materoaauthored bySheila Robinson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

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

Huiatahi Barrett was born at Waiharakeke, Kāwhia, probably in 1873 or 1874. His grandfather was an Englishman, Nathaniel Barrett, who arrived in New Zealand in the 1840s. He worked as a teacher in the Kāwhia district,…

Part of: Barrett, Huiatahiauthored byTutahanga Douglas, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hākaraia Pāhewa was born probably in 1869 or 1870 at Tokomaru Bay, the son of Matiaha Pāhewa and his wife, Hera Marokau, who were both of Te Whānau-a-Rua, a hapū of Ngāti Porou. His father served from 1863 to 1906 as…

Part of: Pāhewa, Hākaraiaauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hannah Retter was born two months before the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi and died as the treaty's centennial was being celebrated. Hers was one of a number of families created along Wellington's west coast by…

Part of: Retter, Hannahauthored byAnthony Dreaver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kahe Te Rau-o-te-rangi was the daughter of Te Matoha, of Ngāti Toa, and Te Hautonga, of Ngāti Mutunga and Te Āti Awa. Her birthplace is uncertain; it was either Kaweka, her mother's village near Urenui, in northern…

Part of: Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Kaheauthored byEleanor Spragg, 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

'Tangohia mai te taura i taku kakī kia waiata au i taku waiata.' (Take the rope from my throat that I may sing my song.) These words were spoken by Mokomoko, a chief of Te Whakatōhea of the eastern Bay of Plenty, as he…

Part of: Mokomokoauthored byTairongo Amoamo, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kāhui Kararehe lived at a time when Māori–Pākehā relations in Taranaki were at their most critical. Born on 14 January 1846 at Te Ahoroa pā, Pungaereere, he was the eldest surviving son of Minarapa Rangihatuake, also…

Part of: Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremuauthored byAilsa Smith, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pētera Te Hiwirori (Hiwi) Maynard was born, probably in 1892 or 1893, at Manutūkē, in the Gisborne area, the son of Wiremu Hātea Maynard and his wife, Pēhi Te Wīwini, both of Rongowhakaata. His father was a general…

Part of: Maynard, Pētera Te Hiwiroriauthored byJohn E. Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōri Ngātai was from Ngāti Hē hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, and was born at Maungatapu, near Tauranga. His ancestry can be traced to both the Mātaatua and Te Arawa canoes. He was the son of Tūtahi, who signed the Treaty of…

Part of: Ngātai, Hōriauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kahupāke (Kahupaake) Rongonui, also known as Hāriata Whareiti and Kahupāke Potatau, was born in Tāmaki-makau-rau (the Auckland isthmus), probably in 1868 or 1869. She was a member of Te Akitai, a subtribe of Te Wai-o-…

Part of: Rongonui, Kahupākeauthored byTe Warena Taua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Whakataupuka of Ngāi Tahu was born probably in Murihiku (the southern part of the South Island), late in the eighteenth century. His Ngāi Tahu grandfather, Te Hau-tapunui-o-Tū, was instrumental in securing peace…

Part of: Te Whakataupukaauthored byAtholl Anderson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William Leonard Williams, known as Leonard Williams to Pākehā and as Mita Rēnata to Māori, was born at Paihia, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, on 22 July 1829. He was the third child and eldest son of Jane Nelson and her…

Part of: Williams, William Leonardauthored byFrances Porter

Johann Friedrich Heinrich Wohlers, known in New Zealand as John Frederick Henry Wohlers, was born on 1 October 1811 at Mahlenstorf, a village several miles from Bremen on the border of the kingdom of Hanover and the…

Part of: Wohlers, Elizaauthored bySheila Natusch