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… (1898– ). Bishop of Aotearoa and Maori leader. A new biography of Panapa, Wiremu … in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Wiremu Netena Panapa was born at Dargaville on 7 June 1898, son of … PANAPA, Wiremu Netena, C.B.E. …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Mary Joseph Aubert was born near Lyons on 19 June 1835 and christened Marie Henriette Suzanne. Her father was a lawyer, and her ancestors were …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. C. F. Goldie was one of a family of eight, and the … of the House of Representatives for West Auckland. On the maternal side, C. F. Goldie was a grandson of the English … Partington. Born in Auckland early in 1870, Goldie was educated at Auckland College and Grammar School, where he early …
… At the present time many new routes are being constructed which will give access to large areas of land for closer … est Taupo, via the west bank of the Waikato River, with Te Awamutu, will become a new main route between Auckland …
… or Tuhoe. Urewera, the name commonly used, commemorates a painful mishap which befell Murakareke, a son of the Nga Potiki chief Tuhoe-potiki who lived in the late sixteenth century. The Urewera people were one of the Toi …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. The name of Richard Barrett, or “Dicky” Barrett, as he was known and revered by the Maoris, is intimately associated with the earliest history of Wellington. On his marriage …
… In the eastern part of the region lie the Hauraki Plains, best … by means of the Piako, Waitoa, and Waihou Rivers. The eastern and higher boundary is formed by the hills of the … Ranges which reach their highest point, 3,126 ft, close to Te Aroha. The western boundary is a lower, less distinct, …
… area of 830 square miles, rises in the heavily forested Raukumara Range south of Mt. Arowhana (4,724 ft). The … Range through which the Gisborne-Opotiki road passes. The Te Arai, also flowing from the west, rises in the eastern part of the coastal highlands south-west of Poverty Bay …
… preservation and recording of significant archaeological sites. Its first “emergency” project was the recording of … at the junction of the Waikato and Waipapa Rivers on a site soon after submerged by the Waipapa dam. Arrangements were made for …
… in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. Aperahama Taonui, as well as his father, Makoare Taonui( … on the parchment, the younger, being mission taught, wrote his own name, in the form “Abaraham tautoro”. On 8 April 1845 Aperahama reported to the authorities that the Popoto tribe had commenced …