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Nuka Taipari belonged to Ngāti Hē, a hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi of Tauranga. He was the principal chief of Maungatapu pā in the 1830s and 1840s. He is known mostly from references in missionary journals and in The journal of…

Part of: Taipari, Nukaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hikawera Te Kurapa was born at Rūātoki in 1907. His father, Te Tuhera Te Kurapa (also known as Te Kurapa Te Ao), was a shearer of Ngāti Tāwhaki hapū; his mother, Matahera Te Hira of Te Urewera hapū, was a grand-daughter…

Part of: Te Kurapa, Hikaweraauthored byPou Temara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

George Phillpotts was one of 14 children of Henry Phillpotts, vicar of St Margaret's, Durham, England, and later lord bishop of Exeter, and his wife, Deborah Maria Surtees; his date and place of birth are unknown, but…

Part of: Phillpotts, Georgeauthored byJ. A. B. Crawford
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Te Hura was the chief of Ngāi Te Rangihouhiri, once a powerful hapū of Ngāti Awa, which occupied several villages in the region of Te Awa-a-te-Atua and Ōtamarākau, in the Bay of Plenty. Te Hura's main base in Te Awa-a-…

Part of: Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripiauthored byHirini Mead, Miria Simpson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

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

James Hudson was born on 13 October 1854, in Clerkenwell, London, England, the son of artist Charles Hudson and his wife, Emily Jane Carnal. James attended Devizes Grammar School and at 14 became apprenticed to a doctor…

Part of: Hudson, Jamesauthored byNancy Hanron

Hēni Te Kiri Karamū, also known as Hēni Pore (Jane Foley) and as Jane Russell, belonged to Ngāti Uenukukōpako and Ngāti Hinepare of Te Arawa. She was descended from Ngātoroirangi of Te Arawa canoe. She was born probably…

Part of: Te Kiri Karamū, Hēniauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangitāhau, often known as Tāhau, was born probably in the late 1820s or early 1830s near Ōpepe, 10 miles south-east of Tapuaeharuru (Taupō). His descent was from Ngāti Hineuru, and from Ngāti Kurapoto and Ngāti…

Part of: Te Rangitāhau,authored byKen Te Huingarau Gartner, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangiuia was a Ngāti Porou leader and tohunga at Ūawa (Tolaga Bay). His date of birth is not known, but he was an adult when the trader J. S. Polack visited Ūawa in June 1835. Polack claimed that his ship was the…

Part of: Te Rangiuia, Nōperaauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mita Taupopoki was born, probably in 1845 or 1846, near Lake Rotorua. His father was Hēmana Te Whareiro of Ngāti Wāhiao, descendants of Tūhourangi of Te Arawa. Hemana usually lived at Whakarewarewa, but had cultivations…

Part of: Taupopoki, Mitaauthored byPeter Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Mananui was the second of the Te Heuheu line to assume the leadership of Ngāti Tūwharetoa. He was born late in the eighteenth century at Pāmotumotu, near the Mangatutu Stream, the eldest son of Herea Te Heuheu Tūkino I…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananuiauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Clendon (Himi Te Nana) Tau Hēnare was born at Mōtatau in the Bay of Islands on 18 November 1911, the youngest of six sons and one of eight children of Hera Paerata and her husband, Taurekareka (Tau) Hēnare, then…

Part of: Hēnare, James Clendon Tauauthored byPuna McConnell, Robin C. McConnell, 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

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

Rangi Hauiti Pōkiha was born at Koriniti on the Whanganui River on 4 August 1895, the first child of Pōkiha Peni of Ngāti Pāmoana and his second wife, Ngārongo Rangitahua of Ngā Rauru. Rangi Pōkiha was a direct…

Part of: Pōkiha, Rangi Hauitiauthored byPenny Robinson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pahikore Te Koeti Tūranga was born at Makawhio pā, south Westland, on 18 November 1883 to Rīpeka Tūtoko (also called Patiere Tūtoko) and Te Koeti Tūranga, both of Poutini Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe. He was baptised John…

Part of: Te Koeti Tūranga, Pahikoreauthored byTrish McCormack, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takaanui Tarakawa was born, according to his own account, in 1852. His mother, Te Whakaumata, also known as Patumoana, of Ngāi Te Rangi, was one of three or four wives of Te Ipututu Tarakawa, Takaanui's father. Takaanui…

Part of: Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaiaauthored byPaul Tapsell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hoani Te Whatahoro Jury, also known as John Alfred Jury, John Alfred Te Whatahoro Jury, Te Whatahoro Jury, and Hoani Turi Te Whatahoro, was born on 4 February 1841 at Rākaukākā, Poverty Bay. He was the eldest son of Te…

Part of: Jury, Hoani Te Whatahoroauthored byM. J. Parsons, 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

James (Jimmy, or Hēmi) Waitaringa Mapu was born at Mōteo, Hawke's Bay, on 4 March 1894. His father was Porokoru Mapu, a younger brother of Pāora Kurupō, principal chief of Ngāti Hinepare of Ngāti Kahungunu. Porokoru was…

Part of: Mapu, James Waitaringaauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team