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Himiona Tūpākihi Kāmira, sometimes known as Tākou, was born in 1880 at Reena in north-western Hokianga. He was to live there, or at Mātihetihe, on the coast south of Mitimiti, most of his life. His father, Tūpākihi…

Amy Grace Kane was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 9 December 1879, the daughter of Martha Lydia Warburton and her husband, Robert William Kane, a bank accountant. The family lived in Australia from 1885 to 1899,…

Mutu Paratene Kapa was an elder, Māori scholar, sportsman, priest and noted orator. He was born probably in 1870 at Ōhinepū, Te Kōpua, near the sacred mountains Pirongia and Kakepuku. Kapa’s mother was Waimārama Pene…

Eramiha Neke Kapua was one of the most eminent Māori carvers of the twentieth century. His father was the well-known Ngāti Tarāwhai carver Neke Kapua, and his mother was Mereana Waitere, the elder sister of Tene Waitere…

After the Second World War Ruru Karaitiana’s song ‘Blue smoke’ provided a welcome-home theme for the returning troops, and later became the first all-New Zealand hit record. ‘These things are simply a matter of luck’,…

Karetai was the son of Te Ihutakura and Kakatuaheka, and thus was descended from the tribal ancestor Tahupōtiki through Te Ruahikihiki on his father's side and through Tūteahunga on his mother's side. He was born in the…

Pā George was born on 1 August 1893 at Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. His father's identity is unknown; his mother was Takau Tuaraūpoko Mokoroa ki Aitū (she later took the title Makea Karika Ariki). Pā George was…

Nothing is known of the parentage, tribal affiliation or early life of the Māori policeman Karira, also known as Creed. He first came to notice in 1852 when Donald McLean negotiated with him on behalf of the government…

Born in Hawera on 30 April 1913, John Patrick Kavanagh was the eldest of 10 children of Margaret Harris and her husband, Laurence Kavanagh, a farmer. He was educated at St Joseph’s School, Hawera, and then Sacred Heart…

Known in his youth as Tama-ki-Hikurangi, Kawepō was born at Taumata-o-he pā, at the junction of the Mangatahi Stream and the Maraekākaho and Ngaruroro rivers, early in the nineteenth century. His mother, Te Pakapaka,…

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…

Kirihi Te Riri Maihi Kawiti was born, according to family information, on 17 April 1877 at Waiōmio, Kawakawa, in the Bay of Islands. He was the second son of Maihi Parāone Kawiti and his third wife, Hēningārino, and the…

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…

Kawiti was born, probably in the 1770s, in northern New Zealand. He was descended from Nukutawhiti, commander of the Ngā-toki-mata-whao-rua canoe, which made its landing at Hokianga. He was the 11th generation from…

Cyril Eyton Kay was born in Auckland on 25 June 1902 to David Kay, an accountant, and his wife, Mary Butts. He lived as a child in Devonport before moving to Mangere. His first flight with one of the early barnstormers…

Henry Keesing was born in Amsterdam, the United Provinces of the Netherlands (the Dutch Republic), on 31 December 1791, the second son of Tobias ben Hartog and Clara Jacobs de Jong. His Jewish name was Hartog ben Tobias…

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…

Nettie Florence Armstrong was born probably in Carthage, Missouri, USA, on 18 March 1875, the daughter of Frances Haxton and her husband, James Armstrong, a timber merchant. As a child, Florence lived in Arkansas, but…

Henry Joseph Keliher was born on 2 March 1896 in Waikerikeri valley, Central Otago, the son of Mary Carter and her husband, Michael Joseph Keliher, a goldminer and later a farmer. Henry was educated at the public school…

Carl Friederich Christian Kelling, often known in New Zealand as Charles Frederick Christian Kelling, was born at Klütz, in the grand duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, on 21 June 1818. Carl's brother, Johann Friederich…