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1916–1991Nō Ngāti Pūkeko, nō Tūhoe; he tohunga Ringatū, he kaiārahi hapori
I whānau a Te Kari Waaka i te 6 o Maehe i te tau1916 i Poroporo, e pātata atu rā ki Whakatāne. Ko ōna mātua ko Te Wiremu Tāmati Waaka, he tangata ahu whenua nō Ngāti Pūkeko, rāua ko tana wahine, ko Whakakī Hiki o Tūhoe. Ko tana pāpara te Māori tuatahi o Whakatāne ki te whiwhi karahipi hai kura i...
Story: Waaka, Te Kari
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1850–1852?–1932Presbyterian minister, social reformer, writer
Rutherford Waddell was born in Ballyroney, County Down, Ireland, probably sometime between 1850 and 1852. His father was the Reverend Hugh Waddell, a Presbyterian minister; his mother, Margaret Reid, was the sister of Thomas Mayne Reid, a famous writer of adventure stories. Rutherford's mother...
Story: Waddell, Rutherford
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?–1897Nō Ngāti Maniapoto; he kaingārahu
Nō ngā tau whakamutunga pea o te tekau tau atu i 1820 te wā i whānau ai a Wahanui Huatare. Ko ētehi o ōna īngoa kārangaranga ko Reihana Te Huatare, ko Te Reihana Whakahoehoe me Te Wahanui. He tama nā Te Ngohiteārau, e mōhiotia ana hoki ko Te Huatare, o Ngāti Maniapoto. I puta ake tōna whaea a...
Story: Wahanui Huatare
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?–1897Nō Ngāti Porou; he hōia, he tangata mahi pāmu, he kaitōrangapū, he āteha
Nō Te Aowera hapū o Ngāti Porou tērā toa a Rāpata Wahawaha, ā, i whānau mai i Te Puia i Akuaku rānei, i roto i te riu o Waiapu. Ko tētahi kōrero i heipū tōna whānautanga ki te urutomo tuarua a Ngāpuhi, i te tau 1820. Nāna tonu te kōrero e kōhungahunga ana anō a ia, i te taenga mai o te Rongopai...
Story: Wahawaha, Rāpata
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1848/1849?–1929Nō Ngāti Tama; he wahine whai mana
E ai ki ngā kōrero tuku iho a tōna ngare, i whānau a Waitāoro o Ngāti Tama i Wharekauri, arā, i Rēkohu (Chatham Islands) i te takiwā ki 1848, 1849 rānei. I heke mai tōna whaea a Rongorongo o Ngāti Toa i a Werawera, te matua o Te Rauparaha, rāua ko te wahine tuatahi a Werawera, ko Waitāoro. Ko...
Story: Waitāoro
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1885–1952Compositor, farmer, soldier, politician, historian
Fred Waite, the son of storekeeper George Waite and his wife, Isabella Edington Curry, was born in Dunedin on 21 August 1885. The eldest son in a family of eight, he went to work for the Otago Daily Times after his father's death. He was a compositor when he married Ada Philipson Taylor at...
Story: Waite, Fred
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1853/1854?–1931Nō Ngāti Tarāwhai; he tohunga whakairo
He uri a Tene Waitere nō Ngāti Tarāwhai. He whanaunga ēnei nō Ngāti Pikiao rāua ko Tūhourangi o Te Arawa o Rotorua. Ko Ani Pape tōna whaea, hei tamāhine mā Te Rāhui, tētehi o ngā tino kaihautū o Ngāti Tarāwhai. E whakaekea ana a Rotorua e Ngāpuhi i te tau 1823, e tamariki tonu ana a Ani ka mau...
Story: Waitere, Tene
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1926–1965Nō Te Whānau-a-Apanui; he kaiwhakaako, he tohunga mātauranga, he kaiārahi hapori
E toru tekau mā iwa noa te pakeke o Hoani Retimana Waititi – ko Johnny rā tōna īngoa ki ōna hoa maha – i te wā ka mate nei ia. Ahakoa te poto noa o ōna rā, anā kē atu te nui o ngā mahi me ngā kaupapa i tutuki i a ia, ā, ka mahue mai nei ko ōna whakaaro, ko tōna kaha me tōna ngākau whakakatakata...
Story: Waititi, Hoani Retimana
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?–1866Nō Ngāti Raukawa; he minita nō te Hāhi Mihinare
He uri a Waitoa nō ngā matawaka o Ngāti Raukawa, ā, o Ngāti Maru, o Te Arawa hoki. E kīia ana i whānau a ia ki Waitoa e pātata atu rā ki Morrinsville. Ēngari kei te ngaro ngā īngoa o ōna mātua. Ko te whakaaro, nā tētahi o ngā heke a Ngāti Raukawa i te tekau tau atu i 1820, a ia i hari ki...
Story: Waitoa, Rota
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?–1839Nō Ngāti Toa, nō Ngāti Raukawa; he kaihautū
Ko Waitohi he tamāhine nā Werawera o Ngāti Toa rāua ko tana wahine tuarua ko Parekōwhatu (Parekōhatu rānei) o Ngāti Raukawa. Tērā pea i whānau a ia i Waikato; ēngari ko tana rā whānau kāore i te mōhiotia. He tuahine hoki a Waitohi ki a Te Rauparaha rāua ko Nohorua. Ko tōna hoa rangatira ko Te...
Story: Waitohi
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1845–1924Public servant, journalist, politician
Edward Wakefield, registered as Felix Edward, was born in Launceston, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), on 22 May 1845, the son of Eliza Felicie Bailli and her husband, Felix Wakefield, a surveyor and engineer. After the family moved to New Zealand Wakefield spent his childhood in Christchurch and...
Story: Wakefield, Edward
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1796–1862Political theorist, colonial promoter, politician
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was born probably in London, England, on 20 March 1796. His father, Edward Wakefield, was a farmer and land agent, who had married Susanna Crash in London in 1791. Edward Gibbon was the oldest son and second of nine children. After the death of Susanna Wakefield, Edward...
Story: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon
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1820–1879Adventurer, writer, politician
Edward Jerningham Wakefield, known as Jerningham, the only son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and Eliza Anne Frances Pattle, was born in London, England, probably on 25 June 1820. His mother died 10 days after his birth, leaving Jerningham and his sister, Susan Priscilla (or Nina), to be raised...
Story: Wakefield, Edward Jerningham
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1932–2016Whakatōhea; academic, activist, author
He rākau kawa a Ranginui Walker ki te tārai kōrero, he kākā-tarakeha ki te kupu kōrero, he toherauriki nō te iwi, ā, he tohenihorau hoki i tetē nui ai ōna rei kia takatū ake te iwi Māori i roto i te tekau tau atu i 1970 me te tekau tau atu i 1980 ki ngā take ahurea, tōrangapū anō hoki. Nāna i...
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1869–1966University professor, philologist, poet, mountaineer, botanist, writer, radio broadcaster
Arnold Wall was born on 15 November 1869 at Nuwara Eliya in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the sixth of nine children of George Wall, a coffee planter and merchant, and his wife, Mary Ann Dixon. He had five half-sisters from his father's first marriage. With some of his brothers and sisters he was sent to...
Story: Wall, Arnold
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1929–2008Judge, lawyer
From childhood, Augusta Wallace’s life was entwined with the law. She was the daughter, wife and mother of lawyers, had her own law practice, and became New Zealand’s first female district court judge in 1975. Despite her considerable achievements, she was a reluctant role model for women,...
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1907–1991Teacher, principal, community leader, local politician
Julia Nannie Wallace was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, USA, on 21 December 1907, the elder of two children of Carrie Pierpoint Currens and her husband, John Napier Wallace, an electrical engineer. He headed the introduction of the automatic telephone system in Australia and New Zealand and in...
Story: Wallace, Julia Nannie
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1893–1984Cheesemaker, farmer, community leader, local politician
Markey (Mark) Wallace was born on 5 November 1893 in the Waiho Ferry House to Irish parents Catherine Markey and her husband, James Wallace, a ferryman and goldminer. The family lived in considerable hardship in an isolated home on the southern side of one of the most dangerous rivers in south...
Story: Wallace, Markey
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1878–1972Rugby player, foundryman
William (Billy) Joseph Wallace was born in Wellington on 2 August 1878, the son of Matthew Rolleston Wallace, a cook, and his wife, Louisa Stirling. He was educated at Mount Cook Boys’ School. Rugby was the only sporting interest for him and his comrades. Unable to afford a football, they made...
Story: Wallace, William Joseph
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1874–1960Farmer, carpenter, highwayman
Over the last 100 years the highwayman Robert Herman Wallath has become part of the folklore of New Plymouth and holds a unique place in the history of north Taranaki. He was born at sea, probably on 18 July 1874, on the Herschel off the Cape of Good Hope, the son of Hermann Christoph Wallath...
Story: Wallath, Robert Herman