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Herea, later known as Te Heuheu Tūkino, was born around the middle of the eighteenth century. He was the son of Tūkino, leader of the Ngāti Tūrumakina section of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, and his wife, Parewairere. Through his…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino I, Hereaauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Matakātea was a principal chief of Ngāti Haumiti hapū of the Taranaki tribe. Born probably in Taranaki in the early years of the nineteenth century, he was first known as Moki. In the 1820s and 1830s he was caught up…

Part of: Te Matakātea, Wiremu Kīngi Mokiauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Maata Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu was born in 1848 or 1849, probably near Lake Tarawera, where she was brought up as a puhi (a treasured virgin until marriage) by her mother's people of Tūhourangi, a branch of Te Arawa.…

Part of: Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Maataauthored byTania Rei, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team
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Hoani Wiremu Hīpango (right), with Richard Taylor (centre) and his son Basil (left), England, 1855
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Te Rauparaha was the son of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa, and his second wife, Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu), of Ngāti Raukawa. He is said to have been a boy when James Cook was in New Zealand. If so, it is likely that he was…

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

Te Peehi Tūroa, who was also known as Te Rākau-ā-Peehi Tūroa Papa-i-ōuru, was born some time in the later eighteenth century. His father was Te Hītaua, the son of Tūkai-ora; his mother was Tinanga. He was descended from…

Part of: Tūroa, Te Peehiauthored bySteven Oliver, 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

Carl Sylvius Völkner was born in Kassel, Hesse, Germany, probably in 1819; his parents' names are unknown. Trained at the missionary college at Hamburg, Völkner was one of several missionaries sent to New Zealand by the…

Part of: Völkner, Carl Sylviusauthored byEvelyn Stokes

'Tangohia mai te taura i taku kakī kia waiata au i taku waiata.' (Take the rope from my throat that I may sing my song.) These words were spoken by Mokomoko, a chief of Te Whakatōhea of the eastern Bay of Plenty, as he…

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

Te Pikinga was a member of the senior family of Ngāti Apa. She was the younger sister of Te Arapata Hiria. Her homes were at Whangaehu and Turakina, south of Wanganui. She was born probably about 1800, for she was a…

Part of: Te Pikingaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rei Hanataua was the leading chief of Tangahoe hapū of Ngāti Ruanui. He was the son of Wakataparuru and Hineao; his ancestry extends back to Turi and Rongorongo. He was born probably early in the nineteenth century,…

Part of: Te Rei Hanatauaauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John (Jack) Atirau Asher was born at Tauranga on 8 August 1892, the 10th of 11 children of Katerina Te Atirau, a high-ranking woman of Te Arawa, of Ngāti Pukenga and Ngāti Pikiao descent, and David Asher, a Jewish…

Part of: Asher, John Atirauauthored byRingakapo Tirangaro Asher-Payne, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Materoa Ngārimu was born at Maraeke, Whareponga, on the East Coast, according to family information on 8 August 1881, the first of two children of Tuta Ngārimu, a sheepfarmer, and Mākere Rāiri. She came from the senior…

Part of: Reedy, Materoaauthored byPakariki Harrison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ānaua, of Pūtiki Wharanui pā, near the mouth of the Wanganui River, was the leader of Ngāti Ruaka of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi in the early and mid nineteenth century. Descended from Hinengākau, his father was Te…

Part of: Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tukumana was born in the Thames district probably in 1862 or 1863. He was the son of Reihana Poto of Ngāti Maru, and Karukino Te Taniwha of Ngāti Puku and Te Mateawa hapu of Ngāti Whanaunga. Taiwiwi was another of his…

Part of: Te Taniwha, Tukumanaauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

The father of Te Waharoa was Tangimoana of Ngāti Hauā. His mother was Te Kahurangi. The brother of Tangimoana, Taipōrutu, was killed at the gateway of Te Kawau pā, near the mouth of the Tongapōrutu River, in the late…

Part of: Te Waharoaauthored byEvelyn Stokes, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hīpango was a leader of Ngāti Tumango, of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. He is thought to have been born about 1820. At his baptism his parent was named as Te Heke. Another source suggests that his father was called…

Part of: Hīpango, Hoani Wiremuauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ōtene Pītau is said to have been born in 1834 or 1835. His father, Thomas Halbert, was a trader of English descent who settled at Muriwai, Poverty Bay, with a woman of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki named Pirihira Konekone.…

Part of: Pītau, Ōteneauthored byR. De Z. Hall, Steven Oliver, 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

Iwikau, the second surviving son of Herea, the first Te Heuheu Tūkino, and the child of Rangiaho, of Ngāti Maniapoto, was born late in the eighteenth century. Like his older brother, Mananui, he became a great warrior,…

Part of: Te Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikauauthored byElizabeth Hura, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ani Kaaro was the senior leader of Ngāti Hao, a small, declining hapū of Ngāpuhi from Rangiahua and Waihou in the upper Hokianga district. Her authority derived from her grandfather, Eruera Patuone, pre-eminent leader…

Part of: Kaaro, Aniauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team