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Eruera Riini Mānuera was a far-sighted leader who for nearly 60 years was the main spokesman for Ngāti Awa in land dealings, court sessions, and social and sporting activities. This work, and the strong links he…

Part of: Mānuera, Eruera Riiniauthored byOnehou Phillis, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Nicholas Moore was a well-known figure in Masterton for 55 years and was the oldest priest in New Zealand when he died in 1985 at the age of 98. He was born in Kilmoganny, County Kilkenny, Ireland, on 16 September 1887…

Part of: Moore, Nicholasauthored byClaire Hills

Te Paea (Sophia) Tīaho, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in Waikato. Her father was Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Her mother was probably his senior wife, Whakaawi, but may have been…

Part of: Te Paea Tīahoauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi Awatere (whose name is also recorded as Te Arapeta Pitameirangi Marukitepua Awatere) was born on 25 April 1910 at Tūpāroa, on the East Coast, to Petuere Wī Hēkopa Awatere, a farmer…

Part of: Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangiauthored byHinemoa Ruataupare Awatere, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka Broughton was born on 21 April 1940 at Whanganui. His father was Ruka Rākei Broughton of Ngāti Hine, a hapū of Ngāti Ruanui; his mother was Rēhia Bella Toherangi Whiu of Ngāti Maika, a hapū…

Part of: Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Rukaauthored byPou Temara, 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

Tonga Mahuta was born probably in 1897 at his father's home at Hukanui, near Waahi pā, Huntly. He was the fourth surviving son of Mahuta Tawhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the third Māori King. His mother was Te Marae, a…

Part of: Mahuta, Tongaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William (Wiremu) Leonard Parker was born at Mākarika station near Waipiro Bay, on the East Coast, on 4 February 1914, the son of Ngāti Porou parents William Leonard Parker, a farmer, and his wife, Te Oharepe Ruta (Ruth…

Part of: Parker, William Leonardauthored byPiripi Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

Edward James Te Āika Tregerthen, later known as Eruera Tīhema Tirikātene, was born on 5 January 1895 at Te Rakiwhakaputa pā near Kaiapoi. His father, a carpenter, later a skipper of boats, wheat farmer and minister of…

Part of: Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āikaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

According to tradition, Tuakana Āporotanga was born about 1852. His mother was Mākawa, daughter of Te Āporotanga, who was a leader of Ngāti Rua, a hapū of Te Whakatōhea of Ōpōtiki. His father was Charles Frederick…

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

Robert Tahupōtiki Haddon was born on 5 October 1866 in the Hokianga district, the son of Charles Haddon, a Scots bushman and farm labourer, and his wife, Te Paia (Sophia) Tahupōtiki, of Ngā Ruahine and Ngāti Manuhiakai…

Part of: Haddon, Robert Tahupōtikiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840. As an heir to that mana, she was…

Part of: Love, Rīpeka Wharawharaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

By his own account Hoani Nahe was born at the time the mission house at Parāwai (near Thames) was being built. This was probably in 1833 or 1834. His birthplace may have been at Te Poho, near the Kirikiri Stream. His…

Part of: Nahe, Hoaniauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Bishop Wiremu Nētana Pānapa, known affectionately as Barney, was the second bishop of Aotearoa. He was born in Ahikiwi, north of Dargaville, on 7 June 1898. Pānapa’s grandfather, Pānapa Hōhāpata, of Ngāti Ruanui, was…

Part of: Pānapa, Wiremu Nētanaauthored byManuka Henare, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Haimona (Simon) Pātete (also known as Haimona Turi) was born on Rangitoto (D'Urville Island), in the Marlborough Sounds, probably in 1863 or 1864. Te Putu, his grandfather, and Turi Te Pātete, his father, were among the…

Part of: Pātete, Haimonaauthored byAnthony Patete, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hirini Rāwiri Taiwhanga was born probably at Kaikohe, west of the Bay of Islands, in 1832 or 1833. His mother was Mata Rawa of Te Arawa. His father, a mission worker and farmer, was Rāwiri Taiwhanga, leader of Ngāti…

Part of: Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiriauthored byClaudia Orange, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taonui Hīkaka was born probably at Paripari (near present day Te Kūiti) in the early 1840s. He could trace his descent from Rakataura of the Tainui canoe. His father was Taonui Hīkaka (also known as Hīkaka) of Ngāti…

Part of: Taonui Hīkakaauthored byGary Scott, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēnare Te Atua was an important leader in the community of Ngāti Kere and other hapū at Pōrangahau in southern Hawke's Bay in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, where he succeeded to the authority of…

Part of: Te Atua, Hēnareauthored byAngela Ballara, Piri Sciascia, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tūreiti Te Heuheu Tūkino, the fifth paramount chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was born in 1865 or 1866, probably at Waihī, near Tokaanu, the eldest son of Horonuku Te Heuheu Tūkino IV and Tahuri Te Tuaki (whose name is also…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino V, Tūreitiauthored byKen Te Huingarau Gartner, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team