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According to family information, Maihi Parāone Kawiti was born in the Bay of Islands at Waiōmio, the cradle of Ngāti Hine, in 1807; his name at birth was Te Kūhanga. He was the third and youngest son of the chief Te…

Part of: Kawiti, Maihi Parāoneauthored byKene Hine Te Uira Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Pareihe of Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti in Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) began his career as a war leader in the early nineteenth century. He was also known as Pareihe Kai-a-te-kōkopu and as Hōri. The identity of his parents is…

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

George Leslie Adkin was a self-taught scholar with the skills and integrity of a professional. Most of his working life he farmed with little profit or pleasure. His real interest was in geology and archaeology, and in…

Part of: Adkin, George Leslieauthored byAnthony Dreaver
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Hoani Wiremu Hīpango (right), with Richard Taylor (centre) and his son Basil (left), England, 1855
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Richard Taylor and his son with Hoani Wiremu Hīpango

Wēpiha Apanui (also known as Wēpiha Te Mautaranui) was the son of Apanui Te Hāmaiwaho and Mīria Tārei of Ngāti Awa. He was the first-born of two brothers and two sisters; the date and place of his birth are unknown.…

Part of: Apanui, Wēpihaauthored byHirini Mead, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hūria Mātenga was born at Whakapuaka (near Nelson) probably some time between 1840 and 1842. She was named Ngārongoā Kātene at birth, but was also known as Ngā Hota and, in later life, as Hūria Mātenga. Of Te Āti Awa,…

Part of: Mātenga, Hūriaauthored byMary Louise Ormsby, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Arihia Kane Tāmati, who was to become Arihia Ngata, was born at Whareponga on the East Coast of the North Island, according to family information in 1879. She was the fourth of nine children of Mere Arihi Kākano and her…

Part of: Ngata, Arihia Kaneauthored byRanginui J. Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wīremu Parata Te Kākākura Waipunaahau was born on Motungārara, a small island off Kāpiti Island, probably in the mid-1830s. He grew up during a time of unprecedented and irreversible social change, of which he…

Part of: Parata, Wīremu Te Kākākura Waipunaahauauthored byHohepa Solomon, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rina Matewai Ruru, better known as Lena, was born in Gisborne on 5 June 1902, the sixth of eleven children of Hēnare Keepa Ruru and his wife, Maata Rewanga Parāone. Her birth coincided with the death of her mother’s…

Part of: Ruru, Lena Matewaiauthored byTum Glover, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Taiwhanga, the son of Tawatawa and his wife, Wāhi, was a direct descendant of Tamakiterā. His hapū was Ngāti Tautahi of Te Uri-o-Hua section of Ngāpuhi at Kaikohe. His first wife was Mata (Martha) Rawa, of Te Arawa, and…

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

Te Kāhui Kararehe lived at a time when Māori–Pākehā relations in Taranaki were at their most critical. Born on 14 January 1846 at Te Ahoroa pā, Pungaereere, he was the eldest surviving son of Minarapa Rangihatuake, also…

Part of: Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremuauthored byAilsa Smith, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Taare Tīkao told the historian Herries Beattie that he was born on Banks Peninsula in or about 1850, just two years after the Crown purchase of Canterbury from Ngāi Tahu, and within months of the arrival of the…

Part of: Tīkao, Hōne Taareauthored byTipene O'Regan, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tūpaea of Te Whānau-a-Tauwhao hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi was born probably at Tauranga. He was the son of Te Waru and his wife, Hine Te Oro. He could trace his ancestry to Toroa of the Mātaatua canoe, to Tia and Tapuika of…

Part of: Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngiauthored byAlister Matheson, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Sir Hugh Kawharu, a Ngāti Whātua rangatira, a distinguished anthropologist, and an eloquent statesman, was held in high regard by Māori and non-Māori alike. He was a prominent leader of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei in central…

Part of: Kawharu, Ian Hughauthored byMargaret Kawharu, Ruki Tobin and Evelyn Tobin

Harry Warner Farnall was born at Burley Park, Hampshire, England, on 18 December 1838, the son of Mary Warner and her husband, George Rooke Farnall, a wealthy landowner and justice of the peace. Details of his early…

Part of: Farnall, Harry Warnerauthored byNeill Atkinson

Paratene Ngata was born at Ahikouka, near Waiomatatini, on the East Coast, possibly in September 1849. His father was Wiremu Karaka Te Ito, of Reporua, and his mother was Hera Te Ihi, known also as Ruataupare. He was…

Part of: Ngata, Parateneauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakī Reedy (commonly known as Arnold Reedy) was born on 16 August 1903 at Whareponga, a somnolent seaside village on the East Coast of the North Island. He was the eldest of 10 children of Materoa…

Part of: Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te Ōhakīauthored byMaraki Tautuhi Orongo Reedy, Miria Hine Tapu Te Ariki Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē Royal (Roera) was born on 23 August 1896 at Muhunoa, Ōhau, in Horowhenua, the seventh of ten children of Te Kiniwē Roera Te Ahukaramū and Kēriata Hūnia Te Weu Tukukino. Rangi, as he was known, was…

Part of: Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwēauthored byTe Ahukaramu Charles Royal, Tom Jamison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hirawanu Tapu (known also as Maitarawai and Taputehara Maitara) was born about 1824 at Te Awapātiki on the east coast of Chatham Island. He was a member of the Ōwenga Moriori tribe. His mother's name was either Rūnanga…

Part of: Tapu, Hirawanuauthored byMichael King, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Mohi Tāwhai was the son of Mohi Tāwhai and his wife, Rāwinia Hineikoaia (also known as Hārata). His father belonged to Te Māhurehure, a hapū of the Ngāpuhi confederation, and the family was also connected with Te…

Part of: Tāwhai, Hōne Mohiauthored byRanginui J. Walker, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāniera Te Ahiko was born in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century at Taumata-ō-hē pā near the junction of the Mangatahi Stream and the Ngaruroro River in Hawke's Bay. This pā belonged to Te Uamairangi,…

Part of: Te Ahiko, Rānieraauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team