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Tomoana was born in the 1820s or early 1830s, probably in Heretaunga, Hawke's Bay. He was the third son of Te Rotohenga, also called Winipere, from whom he derived his high rank. Her father was Hāwea of Ngāti Te Whatu-i…

Part of: Tomoana, Hēnareauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mahuta Tāwhiao of Ngāti Mahuta was born at Whatiwhatihoe, Waikato, probably in 1854 or 1855. He was the eldest son of Tāwhiao, the second Māori King, and his senior wife, Hera. She was the daughter of Tāmati Ngāpora (…

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

Peter Buck claimed to have been born in 1880, but a more likely date is sometime in October 1877 as recorded in his primary school register. For most of his life he believed that Ngārongo-ki-tua was his natural mother.…

Part of: Buck, Peter Henryauthored byM. P. K. Sorrenson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa Te Waharoa was the second son of Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to Ngāti Hauā, but also had links with Ngāti Hinepare (a hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Carroll was born at Wairoa, northern Hawke's Bay, probably on 20 August 1857, one of eight children of Joseph Carroll and his Ngāti Kahungunu wife, Tapuke, a woman of mana. His father, a Sydney-born Irishman, had…

Part of: Carroll, Jamesauthored byAlan Ward, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team