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William Francis MacWilliams, born McWilliams and better known as Daldy MacWilliams, was born at Papakura, south of Auckland, New Zealand, on 23 July 1860. He was one of eight children of Martha Letitia Tullkin and her…

Part of: MacWilliams, William Francisauthored byG. C. Staples

Tāwhiao, of Ngāti Mahuta in the Tainui confederation of tribes, was the son of Waikato leader Pōtatau Te Wherowhero and Whakaawi, Pōtatau's senior wife. He was born at Ōrongokoekoeā on the upper Mōkau River towards the…

Part of: Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowheroauthored byR. T. Mahuta, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Piipi Raumati Tiopira, also called Phoebe, was born at Waihou, Hokianga, probably sometime between 1857 and 1862, the youngest of five children of Te Roroa leader Tiopira Kīnaki (also known as Tiopira Te Rurunga,…

Part of: Cummins, Piipi Raumatiauthored byGarry Hooker, 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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Richard Taylor and his son with Hoani Wiremu Hīpango

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

Minarapa Rangihatuake (also known as Minarapa Te Atua-kē) was the Wesleyan lay preacher responsible for the first church in Wellington. He was of Ngā Māhanga and was born, probably early in the nineteenth century, in…

Part of: Rangihatuake, Minarapaauthored byJohn H. Roberts, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Waitohi was the daughter of Werawera, of Ngāti Toa, and his second wife, Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu), of Ngāti Raukawa. She was probably born in Waikato but her date of birth is not known. She was the sister of Te…

Part of: Waitohiauthored byTeremoana Sparks, W. H. Oliver, 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

Paipai, also known as Kāwana Pitiroi Paipai, was born near the end of the eighteenth century. He had connections with Ngāti Ruaka and other hapū of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi. His father, who died in 1847, was…

Part of: Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroiauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

In 1828, when Ngāti Maru of Thames destroyed Ōtamataha pā at Te Papa, Tauranga, they left intact only the dwelling of the renowned and greatly feared tohunga Tahu. Nothing is known of Tahu's birth and parentage, but he…

Part of: Tahu, Matiu Parakatoneauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kereopa Te Rau was one of the five original disciples of Te Ua Haumēne, the founder of the Pai Mārire faith. He was a member of Ngāti Rangiwewehi of Te Arawa. The date and place of his birth are not known, nor the names…

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

Hōri Ngātai was from Ngāti Hē hapū of Ngāi Te Rangi, and was born at Maungatapu, near Tauranga. His ancestry can be traced to both the Mātaatua and Te Arawa canoes. He was the son of Tūtahi, who signed the Treaty of…

Part of: Ngātai, Hōriauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

William Alexander Sim achieved distinction in disparate fields of the law. He was a leading barrister in Dunedin, first full-time president of the Court of Arbitration and chairman of two royal commissions. And he…

Part of: Sim, William Alexanderauthored byNigel Jamieson

Te Ahu was a missionary among Te Arawa for over 50 years. From Te Uri Taniwha hapū of Ngāpuhi, he was born near Ōkaihau, in northern New Zealand. As a child, in 1832 or early 1833, he became a member of the household of…

Part of: Te Ahu, Īhāiaauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Peeti Te Aweawe was born about 1820, the son of Wiremu Kīngi Te Aweawe and his first wife, Hinetārake. His hapū was Ngāti Hineaute, who trace their descent from Rangitāne and Whātonga. One of several Rangitāne…

Part of: Te Aweawe, Te Peetiauthored byMason Durie, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Herekiekie of Ngāti Tūwharetoa belonged to the hapu Ngāti Te Aho. He is thought to have been born in the second decade of the nineteenth century. Through his father, Tauteka, leader of Ngāti Te Aho, he was descended…

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

Known as Wero Tāroi, Wero Mahikore, Karu, and Wero, this master carver of Ngāti Tarāwhai of Te Arawa was one of the greatest Māori carvers whose work is now known. Few facts about Wero Taroi's life have been recorded,…

Part of: Wero Tāroiauthored byRoger Neich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Charles Oliver Bond Davis was born in Sydney, Australia, probably in 1817 or 1818, one of five children of Irish migrants Ann Calder and her husband, Joseph Davis, a cutler. His parents named him after the Irish patriot…

Part of: Davis, Charles Oliver Bondauthored byAlan Ward

Riperata (Riparata) Kahutia was born probably in 1838 or 1839 at either Makauri or Taruheru in Poverty Bay. She belonged to Te Whānau-a-Iwi hapū of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki. Her mother was Ūaia (Ūwaia), of Te Aitanga-a-…

Part of: Kahutia, Riperataauthored byR. De Z. Hall, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pāora Kaiwhata's father, Tareahi, of Ngāti Hinepare and Ngāi Tākaha, hapū of Ngāti Kahungunu in Hawke's Bay, was living at Te Rae-o-Tahumata near Ōmāhu when Kaiwhata was born. The tribes of the Heretaunga plain were…

Part of: Kaiwhata, Pāoraauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Raharuhi Rukupō of Rongowhakaata is said to have been born at Ōrākaiapu pā, Manutūkē, in Poverty Bay, at the beginning of the nineteenth century. He was the second son of Te Pohepohe (also known as Pītau) of Ngāti Maru…

Part of: Rukupō, Raharuhiauthored byPakariki Harrison, Steven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team