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Te Kari Waaka was born on 6 March 1916 at Poroporo, near Whakatāne, the son of Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka of Ngāti Pūkeko, a farmer, and his wife, Whakakī Hiki of Tūhoe. His father was the first Māori from Whakatāne to win…

Part of: Waaka, Te Kariauthored byTamati Wiremu Waaka, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Tītokowaru was born near Ōkaiawa, in South Taranaki, probably about 1823. He belonged to Ngāti Manuhiakai hapū of Ngā Ruahine, a section of Ngāti Ruanui. He traced his descent from Turi and Rongorongo, and from…

Part of: Tītokowaru, Riwhaauthored byJames Belich, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Takamoana derived chiefly rank among Ngāti Te Whatuiāpiti and Ngāti Kahungunu in Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay) through his mother, Te Rotohenga, also known as Winipere. Winipere married twice: Takamoana's father was…

Part of: Takamoana, Karaitianaauthored byAngela Ballara, 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

John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853. He was the youngest son of William Farley Blake, an Irish-born land and mining surveyor who had migrated to New Zealand in 1841. His mother was Maata…

Part of: Blake, John Thomasauthored byPatrick Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

James Duncan was born on 1 February 1813 at Airdrie, near Glasgow, Scotland, the son of a Lanarkshire baker, James Duncan, and his wife, Marrian Hill. After studying at Glasgow University from 1836 to 1838, he attended…

Part of: Duncan, Jamesauthored byG. S. Parsonson

Percival Henry Hall Thompson was born at Eling, Hampshire, England, on 5 May 1874, the son of Henry Hall Thompson and his wife, Agnes Spooner. After education at a private school he entered the Royal Navy's training…

Part of: Hall-Thompson, Percival Henryauthored byIan McGibbon

Te Aitū-o-te-rangi, the daughter of Te Whatahoronui and his first wife, Aromea, was born about 1820. She belonged to Ngāti Moe at Papawai, in Wairarapa, a hapū of Rangitāne and of Ngāti Kahungunu in Wairarapa. Her…

Part of: Jury, Te Aitu-o-te-rangiauthored byM. J. Parsons, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kīngi Āreta Keiha (usually known as Reta) was born in Gisborne on 24 December 1900, the son of Mīkaere (Mīkaera) Pare Keiha Tūrangi and his wife, Maraea (Maria) Hokiwi Ward. His father’s tribal affiliations extended…

Part of: Keiha, Kīngi Āretaauthored byMaata Rewanga Keiha, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

John Rodolphus Kent, known to his Maori friends as Amukete, is of obscure origin, neither his parents' names nor his date and place of birth being known. An officer in the Royal Navy, serving the government of New South…

Part of: Kent, John Rodolphusauthored byNeil Begg

Meri Te Tai was of Ngāti Te Rēinga, Ngāti Manawa and Te Kaitūtae, three hapū of Te Rarawa. She is said to have been born on 22 May 1868, near Whakarapa (Panguru) on the Hokianga Harbour. She was the great-grandchild of…

Part of: Mangakāhia, Meri Te Taiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pētera Te Hiwirori (Hiwi) Maynard was born, probably in 1892 or 1893, at Manutūkē, in the Gisborne area, the son of Wiremu Hātea Maynard and his wife, Pēhi Te Wīwini, both of Rongowhakaata. His father was a general…

Part of: Maynard, Pētera Te Hiwiroriauthored byJohn E. Martin, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōne Tana Pāpāhia was born probably sometime between 1856 and 1859 at Ōrongotea, on the north-west shoreline of the Hokianga Harbour. His father was Wiremu Tana Pāpāhia; his mother's name is not known. Pāpāhia was…

Part of: Pāpāhia, Hone Tanaauthored byWiritai Toi, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Wiremu Rikihana was born at Kaiawe, near Waireia, northern Hokianga, in 1851. He was of Ngāti Te Reinga of Waihou, and Te Rarawa; his hapū, Te Tāwhiu, was prominent in the north. His mother's name was Hārata. His father…

Part of: Rikihana, Wiremuauthored byHenare Arekatera Tate, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Kahupāke (Kahupaake) Rongonui, also known as Hāriata Whareiti and Kahupāke Potatau, was born in Tāmaki-makau-rau (the Auckland isthmus), probably in 1868 or 1869. She was a member of Te Akitai, a subtribe of Te Wai-o-…

Part of: Rongonui, Kahupākeauthored byTe Warena Taua, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Ao-kapurangi was born probably in the late eighteenth century. One of her parents was Parepūwhenua and the other possibly Te Whangongo. Descended from Tamatekapua of Te Arawa canoe and from Hoturoa of the Tainui…

Part of: Te Ao-kapurangiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Te Kakapi, also known as Wharawhara-i-te-rangi, was born in Taranaki. She was the niece of the great Te Āti Awa leader Te Wharepōuri: he treated her, and her brothers Mākere and Mātene Tauwhare, the children of his…

Part of: Te Kakapi, Rīpeka Wharawhara-i-te-rangiauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hirini Te Rito Whaanga was born on Māhia Peninsula, according to most sources in 1828, the eldest son of Īhaka Whaanga, a prominent Ngāti Rākaipaaka and Ngāti Kahungunu leader, and his wife, Te Haka Rākātō. He was…

Part of: Whaanga, Hirini Te Ritoauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Ngāwini and Samuel Yates ran a large farm and general store in the far north of New Zealand during the latter part of the nineteenth century. Samuel Yates was born in London, England, probably in 1829, the son of Saul…

Part of: Yates, Ngāwiniauthored byDavid A. Armstrong, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Beamish was born at Waiariki, Mercer, Waikato, on 10 October 1893, the third of ten children of Richard Evanson Beamish, a settler and later master mariner, and his wife, Rangi Takotokino…

Part of: Zister, Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangiauthored byMaureen McCollum, Robert McCollum, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rua Kēnana, sometimes known as Ruatapunui, has usually been considered to be the posthumous son of Kēnana Tūmoana of Ngāti Kahungunu, who was killed fighting for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki at Mākāretu sometime…

Part of: Rua Kēnana Hepetipaauthored byJudith Binney, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team