Hōne
1. (loan) (personal name) John.
Ko te kī, i whānau a Hōne (Hōni) Tāmati Pereki i Ōrākei, i Ākarana i te 4 o Āperira 1853 (TTR 1996:7). / The word is that John Thomas Blake was born at Ōrākei, Auckland, on 4 April 1853.
See also Teone
Rangihau, John Te Rangiāniwaniwa
1. (personal name) (1919-1987) Tūhoe; charismatic leader, academic, social welfare officer, gifted speaker in Māori and English and authority on Māori language and custom. Fought with the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in World War II. Completed a diploma in social science at Victoria University of Wellington. Awarded the British Empire Medal in 1975 for services to Māori. Worked at The University of Waikato in the Centre for Māori Studies and Research (1973-1982) and as an advisor for the Māori Affairs Department from 1982.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 82-88;)
Rātene, Te
1. (personal name) Rev. John Laughton (1891-1965).
Synonyms: Rōtene
Rōtene
1. (loan) (personal name) Rev. John Laughton (1891-1965) Presbyterian missionary and friend of Rua Kēnana as a result of working among Tūhoe.
Ahakoa rā te rerekē, riro ana tēnei hei kaupapa whakapū i te noho tahi a Rua rāua ko te mihingare, ko Hoani Rōtene (TTR 1996:182). / Although unusual this was the basis of cooperation between Rua and the missionary, John Laughton.
See also Rātene, Te
Synonyms: Rātene, Te
Hoani
1. (loan) (personal name) John, Johnny.
Kōrerotia tā Hoani, u. 18,19, me tā Pita p.1, u.2 (Ma 1841:5). / Spoken of in John 18,19 and Peter 1, chapter 2.
See also Teone
kuparu
1. (noun) John Dory, Zeus faber - an edible olive-brown to silver fish with a prominent dark oval mark ringed with white on each side. Deep and slender body, with a huge mouth and no scales.
Synonyms: pukeru
Mōkena
1. (loan) (personal name) Morgan - including Rev. John Morgan (1806/7?-1865) a missionary in the Waikato who supported the government against the Kīngitanga.
...ko te Pākehā tautawhito o Ōtaki, ko Tiakina i eke ki te poti hei kaiurunga i te poti, ā ko ngā Pākehā, ko Te Mōkena Kākiki, ko Te Arihau peka, ko ngā āwhekaihe ko Hemana rāua ko Māka... (TW 2/11/1878:547). / …the crew consisted of Jenkins, an old Pākehā of Ōtaki, who acted as commander and coxwain, Mr Morgan Carkeek, Mr Anderson, baker, and the half-castes named Hammond and Mark.
2. (loan) (personal name) Harold.
Tama-i-hara-nui
1. (personal name) (?-1830/31?) Ngāi Tahu; ariki in the northern part of the South Island who was captured by Ngāti Toa when he, his wife and daughter were tricked into boarding Captain John Stewart's brig, Elizabeth, eventually being tortured and killed by the wives of Ngāti Toa chiefs killed at Kaiapoi pā. Also known as Te Maiharanui.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 148-160;)
