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The Holyoake connection with New Zealand goes back to 1843, when the great-grandparents of Keith Jacka Holyoake settled at Riwaka, near Motueka, and it was there that he spent much of his youth and began his farming…

Part of: Holyoake, Keith Jackaauthored byG. A. Wood

William Nelson was born at Warwick, Warwickshire, England, on 15 February 1843, the son of Sarah Philbrick and her husband, George Nelson, a chemist and well-known manufacturer of gelatine and other meat extracts.…

Part of: Nelson, Williamauthored byMary Boyd

George Nēpia was born at Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, of Ngāti Rākaipaaka of Nūhaka and Māhia. His birth date was registered as 25 April 1905, but he later claimed he was born in 1908. His father, Peta Piripoi Nēpia, and mother…

Part of: Nēpia, Georgeauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Sketch of the first home of brothers William Deans and John Deans at Potoringamotu, Canterbury
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According to family information, Edward Francis Harris, also known as Eruera Paranihi Hārete, was born on 13 May 1834 at Tūranga (Gisborne). He was the elder of two sons of Tukura-ā-Rangi and John Williams Harris.…

Part of: Harris, Edward Francisauthored byR. De Z. Hall, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Arthur Cook was born at Campbelltown, Tasmania, on 30 November 1885, the son of Martha (Mary) Eberhardt and her husband, Alfred Cook, a labourer and later a station manager. He spent his early years in Australia working…

Part of: Cook, Arthurauthored byJohn E. Martin

The only thing distinctive about James Cox is his complete lack of distinction. He was born on 11 October 1846 at Snodshill in Chisledon, Wiltshire, England, where his parents, William Cox and his wife, Fanny Jefferies…

Part of: Cox, Jamesauthored byMiles Fairburn

Leslie Issott Grange was born on 4 March 1894 at Castlecliff, Wanganui, the son of Thomas Issott Grange, a blacksmith, and his wife, Mary Eleanor Conelly. His father deserted the family, leaving Mary to raise her four…

Part of: Grange, Leslie Issottauthored byRay G. Prebble

Lucy Beatrice Moore was born in Warkworth on 14 July 1906, the fifth of eight children of Janet Morison and her husband, Harry Blomfield Moore. Their farm, Huamara, produced fruit and poultry and Harry was also a…

Part of: Moore, Lucy Beatriceauthored byJohn Morton

When soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion recalled 'the Padre' they spoke with genuine warmth of the Reverend Hēnare Wēpiha Te Wainohu. As chaplain to the Māori troops during the First World War, Te Wainohu…

Part of: Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpihaauthored byGrant Nikora Wainohu, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Sydney Lough Thompson was born on 24 January 1877 at Oxford, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was one of six sons and three surviving daughters of Charles Abel Thompson, a shoemaker, and his wife, Sophia Matilda Lough. His…

Part of: Thompson, Sydney Loughauthored byJulie King

Duncan MacIntyre was an important figure in the National Party governments that held power for all but three of the 24 years between 1960 and 1984, serving as a cabinet minister for 15 years and as deputy prime minister…

Part of: MacIntyre, Duncanauthored byNeill Atkinson

Catherine Olivia Orme Spencer Bower, known as Olivia Spencer Bower, was born in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, on 13 April 1905, with her twin brother and only sibling, Marmaduke, arriving 20 minutes later. Her…

Part of: Bower, Catherine Olivia Orme Spencerauthored byAnna Crighton

Arihia Kane Tāmati, who was to become Arihia Ngata, was born at Whareponga on the East Coast of the North Island, according to family information in 1879. She was the fourth of nine children of Mere Arihi Kākano and her…

Part of: Ngata, Arihia Kaneauthored byRanginui J. Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kiato Rīwai, or Kia, as she was more commonly known, was born in the Chatham Islands, on 21 November 1912, to Mere Ngautanga Dix of Ngāti Mutunga and Te Oti Rīwai, a farm labourer of Ngāi Tahu; her father’s hapu was…

Part of: Rīwai, Te Kiatoauthored byAdelaide Couch-Snow, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Gatonby Stead was born in London, England, on 17 August 1841, the son of George Stead, a tin plate worker, and his wife, Mary Gatonby. In 1849 he accompanied his parents to South Africa where he attended St…

Part of: Stead, George Gatonbyauthored byGordon Ogilvie

Wī Whitu was born on 4 December 1908 at Maungapōhatu, at the height of Rua Kēnana’s religious leadership there. His parents were Whitu Te Rangimakā (Makā) Tawa (or Kanuehi) of Hāmua, a Tūhoe hapū in Ruātoki, and his…

Part of: Whitu, Wīauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Yorkshireman Kenneth Cumberland was the first qualified geographer to teach the subject at university level in New Zealand. He joined the new Department of Geography at Canterbury University College in 1938, and soon…

Part of: Cumberland, Kenneth Braileyauthored byEric Pawson

Minnie Dean was born Williamina McCulloch on 2 September 1844, at West Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, the fourth in a family of eight girls of Elizabeth Swan and her husband, John McCulloch, an engine driver with the…

Part of: Dean, Williaminaauthored byLynley Hood

Sybil Audrey Marie Colley (or Wellesley-Colley) was born at Greenfields, her parents’ sheep farm near Clive in Hawke’s Bay, on 1 August 1916, the daughter of Ethel Violet Mary Goulter and her husband, Joseph Wellesley…

Part of: Lupp, Sybil Audrey Marieauthored byAllison Buchan

Samuel Duncan Parnell, a carpenter and joiner by trade, initiated the eight hour working day in Wellington. He is said to have been born in London, England, on 19 February 1810, the son of Joan Duncan and her husband,…

Part of: Parnell, Samuel Duncanauthored byHerbert Roth