Charles William Feilden Hamilton, known as Bill, was to achieve international acclaim for his work in developing the modern jet-boat. Born on 26 July 1899 at Ashwick, a 45,000-acre sheep station near Fairlie, South…
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Frederick Orton Hamilton was born at Greymouth on 27 December 1873, one of five children of Francis Hamilton and his wife, Jane Sarah Orton. After his mother's death his father remarried; nine more children were to be…
George Douglas Hamilton was born on 15 July 1835, in Antwerp, Belgium, and lived there as a child. The son of Mary Wilkinson and her husband, William Hamilton, a merchant, George was a member of a prominent Scottish…
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William Maxwell Hamilton was born on 2 July 1909 at Warkworth, the youngest of four children of William Hamilton and his wife, Isabella Wilson. He grew up on the east bank of the Mahurangi River on the family dairy farm…
Reginald Bedford Hammond was born on 10 September 1894, at Te Kopuru, North Auckland, the son of Lucy Gertrude Masefield and her husband, Horace Hammond, a civil engineer. He trained and worked as an architect and…
Walter Sydney Hammond was typical of many New Zealand police constables who could be selfless when called upon, who relished the camaraderie of their mates, and who made a difficult job more congenial by selectively…
Josiah Alfred Hanan was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, on 12 May 1868, the son of James Albert Hanan, a storekeeper, and his wife, Sarah Matilda Clarke. He was educated at the Invercargill Central School (later…
Josiah Ralph Hanan was born in Invercargill on 13 June 1909, the youngest of five sons of draper James Albert Hanan and his wife, Johanna Mary McGill. His uncle, Josiah Alfred Hanan, was a Liberal MP from 1899 to 1925,…
Susanna Murray was born at Wallacetown, near Invercargill, New Zealand, on 1 July 1870, the daughter of Louisa Boddy and her husband, John Murray, a dairyman. In 1876 John Murray sold the family farm and joined the…
Alfred Charles Hanlon was one of the most outstanding criminal advocates in New Zealand's history. Born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 1 August 1866, he was the son of Elizabeth Louisa Bingham and her husband, William…
George Patrick Hanna was born at Whitianga on 18 March 1888 to Australian-born Mary Jane Carnie and her Irish-born husband, Patrick Hanna, a hotel keeper. Educated at Wanganui Boys' District High School, Pat…
Hans Peter Christian Hansen was born in Assens, Fünen Island, Denmark, on 29 December 1851, the son of Marie Andersen and her husband, Peter Christian Hansen, a carpenter. Known as Christian, he was the eldest of seven…
Frederick Melrose Horowhenua Hanson was born in Levin on 9 July 1895, the son of Eliza Elizabeth Tantrum and her husband, Frederick Hanson, a farmer. He spent two years at Levin District High School before winning an…
Arnold Hansson played a major role in New Zealand forestry during the 1920s and 1930s. Born Arnold Maria Hansen in Drammen, Norway, on 10 November 1889 to Hans Arnold Hansen, a chemist, and his wife, Marie Christine…
Bay of Plenty sawmill worker Joe Harawira was the leader and organiser of Sawmill Workers Against Poisons (SWAP), a group which sought official recognition of, and remedies for, the environmental pollution and human…
William James Hardham was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 31 July 1876, the son of George Hardham, a labourer, and his wife, Ann Gregory. After attending Mount Cook School, Hardham became a blacksmith. He was a…
Robert Coupland Harding, as practitioner, historian and critic of printing, has a strong claim to be considered New Zealand's first and most eminent typographer. His father, Thomas Bennick Harding, was himself a printer…
According to family information William James Harding was born on 19 September 1826, at Southampton, England. He was one of eight children of Thomas Harding, cooper, and his wife, Mary Ann Bennick. On 3 September 1853…
James Hargest, generally known as Jim or Jimmy, was born in Gore on 4 September 1891, the son of Mary Prosser and her husband, James Hargest, a labourer. He was educated at Gore and Mandeville schools, before joining…
Amy Merania Harper was born in Paeroa on 23 May 1900, the eldest child of Ada Agnes Nalder and her husband, William Septimus Harper, an engineer. Amy grew up with her family (she had two brothers and two sisters) in…