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Te Mete Raukawa of Ngāti Hangarau, a section of Ngāti Ranginui, was born at Bethlehem, Tauranga, probably in 1836 or 1837. He was the elder son of Simpson (Simson) Smith, a Scotsman who traded between Auckland and…

Part of: Raukawa, Te Meteauthored byAlister Matheson, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

T. T. Rāwhiti was closely associated, for some 30 years, with demands for Māori autonomy and self-sufficiency. He was born in Kāwhia in about 1851, and later lived at Tauwhare, near Cambridge. He had affiliations with…

Part of: Rāwhiti, T. T.authored byStuart Park, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Waitoa is said to have been of Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maru and Te Arawa descent. The names of his parents are not known. He is thought to have been born at Waitoa, near present day Morrinsville, and to have gone south to…

Part of: Waitoa, Rotaauthored byG. J. Dempsey, 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

Hōri Kerei Taiaroa was born at Ōtākou, on the Otago peninsula, probably in the 1830s or early 1840s. His father was the prominent Ngāi Tahu chief Te Mātenga Taiaroa, of Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, and his mother was Mawera of…

Part of: Taiaroa, Hōri Kereiauthored byHarry C. Evison, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Pēpene Eketone was born probably in 1855 or 1856, possibly in the Mōkau district of north Taranaki. His parents were Hōne Eketone and Hera Mahina, both of Ngāti Maniapoto. Pēpene Eketone was of Ngāti Uekaha and various…

Part of: Eketone, Pēpeneauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

According to family information Henry Williams was born on 11 February 1792; he was baptised on 13 April at Gosport, Hampshire, England. He was the fifth child and third son of Thomas Williams, a lace manufacturer, and…

Part of: Williams, Henryauthored byRobin Fisher

Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa Te Waharoa was the second son of Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi Te Waharoa and Pare Te Kanawa (Wikitōria). They belonged to Ngāti Hauā, but also had links with Ngāti Hinepare (a hapū of Ngāti…

Part of: Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawaauthored byAngela Ballara, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Rāpata Wahawaha, of Te Aowera hapū of Ngāti Porou, was born at either Te Puia or Akuaku, in the Waiapu district. His father was Hīpora Koroua and his mother Te Hapamana Te Whao. His most distinguished ancestor was…

Part of: Wahawaha, Rāpataauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Thomas Buddle was born at Durham, England, probably on 24 December 1812, the son of Matthew Buddle, a cordwainer, from a prominent Anglican family, and his wife, Mary Anderson. At the age of 17 Thomas joined the…

Part of: Buddle, Thomasauthored byFrank Glen

Frank Livingstone Combs was born on 19 July 1882 at Napier, the son of Annie Clara Coles and her husband, Willis Edmund Combs, a draper. The family knew hard times during the late 1880s and early 1890s, and Frank’s…

Part of: Combs, Frank Livingstoneauthored byWilliam Renwick

Mōnita (Mō) Eru Delamere was born on 17 June 1921 at Ōmāio, Bay of Plenty, the fifth of at least eight children. His parents were Hannah Te Au and her husband, Pāora (Paul) Kīngi Delamere, a farmer and leader of the…

Part of: Delamere, Mōnita Eruauthored byPaul Delamere, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Airini Karauria was born at Puketapu in Hawke's Bay, probably in 1854 or 1855. Her mother was Haromi Te Ata, and her father the Ngāti Kahungunu chief Karauria, sometimes known as Karauria Pupu. She was closely related…

Part of: Donnelly, Airiniauthored byS. W. Grant, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Haerehuka, also known as Huka, was a chief of Ngāti Whakaue, of Te Arawa, and lived at Ōhinemutu. His mother's name is not recorded. His father was Taiki Haerehuka. He was a descendant of Taua. Taua's wife was abducted…

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

Reremoana Paratene was born at Manutūkē, near Gisborne, probably on 3 February 1889, the youngest of four children. Her mother was Hera (Sarah) Ngāikiha Halbert, whose parents were Keita Kaikiri of Ngāti Kaipoho, a hapū…

Part of: Hakiwai, Reremoanaauthored byArapata Hakiwai, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Leslie George Kelly was born in Auckland on 10 May 1906, the elder of two sons of Sidney Mellish Kelly, a french polisher, and his wife, Ethel May Fell. On his father’s side Kelly was descended from Edward Meurant, a…

Part of: Kelly, Leslie Georgeauthored byTe Tuhi Tauratumaru Kelly, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Stuart (Te Tūati) Meha was born at Wanstead, Hawke’s Bay, probably on 29 December 1878. His father, Arapata Meha, a prominent member of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Ruatōtara of Rangitāne, was a successful sheepfarmer and…

Part of: Meha, Stuartauthored byPeter J. Lineham, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Weretā Tainui Pītama, also known as Te Ruapōhatu or ‘Stone’, was born, probably in 1881, at Rāpaki, just south of Christchurch. His father was Teoti Pītama Karatiti, a farmer, of the Canterbury Ngāi Tahu hapū, Ngāi…

Part of: Pītama, Weretā Tainuiauthored byAngela Ballara, Te Maire Tau, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hēnare Pōtae was possibly born in the late 1820s. He belonged to Te Whānau-a-Ruataupare hapū of Ngāti Porou. His father was Te Pōtaeaute, also known as Ēnoka Pōtae, who signed a copy of the Treaty of Waitangi on 9 June…

Part of: Pōtae, Hēnareauthored bySteven Oliver, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

Hōri Pukehika, a leader of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi of the lower Wanganui River, was a noted carver and one of the last of his people skilled in the old traditions. In later years he was particularly associated with…

Part of: Pukehika, Hōriauthored byIan Church, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team

In 1902 Wiremu Hoani Taua (also known as William Johnson or Johnston) was appointed the first Māori head teacher of a native school and, almost certainly, of any Department of Education primary school. He was to lead…

Part of: Taua, Wiremu Hoaniauthored byRobin C. McConnell, the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography team