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Tia Barrett

Tia Barrett

Tia Barrett, another member of a well-known Ngāti Maniapoto family, is a descendent of Nathaniel Barrett, who arrived in New Zealand from England in the 1840s. Nathaniel worked as a teacher in the Kāwhia district and married Caroline Te Maawe Nehua of Ngāti Maniapoto in 1849. Tia Barrett served as both a New Zealand high commissioner in the Pacific and a director of the Treaty of Waitangi Information Unit.

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – The coming of the Pākehā, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/959/tia-barrett (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.

Comments

Benjamin Mckay
17 October 2017
Kia Ora I come from the line of Te Wheroa Wheroa. John Horton Mckay married the daughter of Te Wheroa Wheroa Peeti Hahau (Mataatua Waka) John Horton Mckay is my great grandfather. Benjamin Charles Mckay
Emma Rangiwhaiao
22 June 2012
Tena koe Brenda, My name is Emma, Pourewa was my Dad's Grandmother. He was brought up with Nanny Pou at Wharepuni. Would be happy to have contact with you.
Brenda Rawri
30 April 2012
Tena Koe Tia, My name is Brenda Rawiri, i am a descendant of Pourewa Barrett who married Rangiwhaiao. They both deceased in Te Hawera in Taranaki, a place called oporoa where the family homestead is thriving not far from the urupa. i am trying to find any connections with the whanau of Barrett or even Rangiwhaiao?