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Haurongo: Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika

Haurongo tūhonohono

Turi Carroll at the Māori Women's Welfare League conference, Wellington, 1953

Carroll, Turi

1890–1975

Ngāti Kahungunu leader, farmer, local politician

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Holland, Henry Edmund

1868–1933

Trade unionist, socialist, journalist, politician

Nash, Walter

1882–1968

Clerk, commercial traveller, shopkeeper, politician, prime minister

Apirana Turupa Ngata, about 1905

Ngata, Apirana Turupa

1874–1950

Ngāti Porou leader, land reformer, politician, scholar

Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana

Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu

1873–1939

Ngāti Apa and Ngā Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader

Te Maiharoa, Hipa

?–1885 to 1886 (year uncertain)

Ngāi Tahu leader, tohunga, prophet

Biographies that mention Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika

Michael Rotohiko Jones ringing the bell at Ōngarue primary school in 1977

Jones, Michael Rotohiko

1895–1978

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, land agent, sportsman, private secretary, public administrator, broadcaster

Love, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph

1907–1994

Te Āti Awa leader, public servant, sports administrator, local politician, Maori welfare officer, land claimant

Makitānara, Tuiti

1874–1932

Rangitāne and Ngāti Kuia; farmer, flaxcutter, land court negotiator, politician

Rangiputangatahi Māwhete

Māwhete, Rangiputangatahi

1880–1961

Rangitāne; land agent, interpreter, politician

Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati

1885–1943

Ngāti Whakaue; land agent, commission agent, Rātana administrator

Group portrait at the 60th birthday celebrations for Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana

Paikea, Paraire Karaka

1894–1943

Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngāti Whatua; Methodist minister, Rātana leader, politician

Pītama, Te Aritaua

1906–1958

Ngai Tahu leader; teacher, broadcaster, concert party producer

Ratana, Haami Tokouru

1894–1944

Ngāti Apa; politician, Rātana leader

Kuini Te Tau, photographed during the 1990s

Te Tau, Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe

1899–1998

Ngāi Tahu leader, welfare worker, community leader

Tirikatene-Sullivan, Tini Whetu Marama

1932–2011

Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu; kaitōrangapū, whetū marama o te ao kākahu, wahine toa

Tāngia te kōrero katoa

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Angela Ballara. 'Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/129001/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).