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Florence Marie Woodhead was born on 19 September 1891 at New Plymouth, New Zealand, the second of six children of Catherine Davy and her husband, Ambler Woodhead, a teacher. In 1905 the family moved to Waitahanui, a…

Part of: Harsant, Florence Marieauthored bySally Maclean

Mihi Kōtukutuku was born, according to family information, on 30 October 1870 at Pōhaturoa, a point near Raukōkore in the Bay of Plenty. She was the third daughter of Maaka Te Ehutū of Te Whanau-a-Maruhaeremuri, a hapū…

Part of: Stirling, Mihi Kōtukutukuauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangitaamo Tiahuia Taiuru was born at Waimoho, near Rangiriri in the Waikato district, on 24 July 1901. Her mother, Paretauhanga Rīwhero, was of Ngāti Hine of Waikato; her father, Moroati Taiuru of Rata in the…

Part of: Takarangi, Rangitaamo Tiahuiaauthored byAngela Ballara, Liz Stretch, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Puhi-o-Aotea Rātahi was the third president of the Rātana church. She was born Ērina Wiremu Rātana, probably in 1898 or 1899, at Ōrākeinui, which in later years became the Rātana pā settlement. Her father, Wiremu Rātana…

Part of: Rātahi, Puhi-o-Aoteaauthored byAroha M. Waetford, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hepi Hoani Te Heuheu Tūkino was the seventh paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, part of a line that traced its ancestry to the tohunga of Te Arawa canoe, Ngātoroirangi. His grandfather, Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino V, had…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino VII, Hepi Hoaniauthored byAlex Frame, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Charles and Edward Davis were two of the four sons of John Charles Davis (Hōne Hāre Rēweti) and his wife, Te Riutoto Aihe. John was the son of Merekaimanu of Ngāti Whanaunga and Ngāti Pāoa and Edward Telford Davis, of…

Part of: Davis, Charles Richardauthored byTe Aue Davis, 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

Karauria Tiweka Ānaru (known as Claude) was born on 2 June 1901 at Raukōkore in the eastern Bay of Plenty. He was one of nine children of Tiweka Ānaru, a farmer, and his wife, Paretio Heremia, both of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui…

Part of: Ānaru, Karauria Tiwekaauthored bySidney Takimoana Anaru, 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

Pūrakau Maika was the son of Maika Pūrakau, a pro-King movement chief of Hurunuiorangi pā at the junction of the Tauheru and Ruamāhanga rivers. His father was of Ngāti Hikarāhui hapū, which combined lines of descent…

Part of: Maika, Pūrākauauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wiremu Hākopa Toa Te Āwhitu, the first Māori to be ordained as a Catholic priest, was born at Ōkahukura, near Taumarunui, on 28 July 1914. He was the third of 10 children of Tamakaitoa (Toa) Te Āwhitu and his wife,…

Part of: Te Āwhitu, Wiremu Hākopa Toaauthored byMax T. Mariu, 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

Te Kari Waaka was born on 6 March 1916 at Poroporo, near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko, a farmer, and his wife, Whakakī Hiki of Tūhoe. His father was the first Māori from Whakatāne to win…

Part of: Waaka, Te Kariauthored byTamati Wiremu Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Matthew Cowley was born on 2 August 1897 in Preston, Idaho, USA, the son of Matthias Foss Cowley and his wife, Abbie Hyde. The family moved to Salt Lake City when Matthias was appointed an Apostle, a member of the…

Part of: Cowley, Matthewauthored byPeter J. Lineham

Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangi Te Whāiti was born, according to family information, in 1890 at Pirinoa, Wairarapa. He was the third son among the 13 children of Irāia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whāiti, a Ngāti Kahungunu leader,…

Part of: Te Whāiti, Teoti Kerei Te Hioirangiauthored byRa Te Whaiti, S. M. Chrisp, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Waari (Ward) Kahukura Whaitiri was born at Kairākau, Chatham Islands, on 11 September 1912, to Meriana Ngāpohe Rāwiri of Ngāti Mutunga and Ngāi Tahu, and her husband, Te Wera William Whaitiri, a labourer and seaman,…

Part of: Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukuraauthored byReina Ann Whaitiri, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere was born on 10 March 1880 at Te Araroa, East Cape. He was the fourth child of Hōne Hiki Kōhere and his wife Henarata Peretō (Bristow) of Ngāti Porou. Hēnare, a grandson of the Ngāti Porou chief…

Part of: Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkenaauthored byHenare Kohere Swann, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Leonard Poulter Leary was born at Palmerston North on 24 March 1891 into a comfortable, middle-class, Methodist family. He was the second of four sons of Florence Lucy Giesen and her husband, Richard Leary, a chemist…

Part of: Leary, Leonard Poulterauthored byJudith Bassett

John Colin Scott was born on 9 June 1924 at Haumoana, Hawke’s Bay, the third of seven children of Kathleen Hiraani Blake and her husband, Charles Hudson Scott, a farmer. His mother (the dominant force in the family) had…

Part of: Scott, John Colinauthored byRussell Walden, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero was the elder of two sons of Te Rata, the fourth Māori King, of Ngāti Mahuta. His mother was Te Uranga of Ngāti Korokī and he was named for the eponymous ancestor of…

Part of: Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowheroauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team