Kāwana Kerei
1. (loan) (personal name) Governor George Grey (1812-1898) Colonial governor (1845-1853, 1861-1868) and politician.
Ka tū a Kāwana Kerei, me te hani i tōna ringa, he hani i hoatu ki a ia e taua iwi, he mea hoki mā te toa anake e hāpai taua tū patu te hani (TW 30/3/1878:143). / Governor Grey stood with the hani in his hand, one which had been presented to him by that tribe, and the type of weapon that only warriors carry.
See also Kerei, Hōri
Kerei, Hōri
1. (loan) (location) Sir George Grey (1812-1898) Soldier, explorer, colonial governor (1845-1853, 1861-1868), politician, premier, scholar.
E kī atu ana ki te Hīti o te Wēta o Ākarana, kia whakatūria a Tā Hōri Kerei, mō te tūranga o Te Kirihi, me te whakapuaki, kāore te Kāwanatanga, e wehi i tēnei ki a Tā Hōri (TW 12/2/1875:9). / It advises Auckland City West to elect Sir George Grey instead of Mr Gillies, and declares that the Government do not in the least fear Sir George.
Ngata, Apirana Turupa
1. (personal name) (1874-1950) Ngāti Porou; national leader, land reformer, politician and scholar. Educated at Waiomatatini Native School, Te Aute College and Canterbury College, Ngata graduated with a BA, an MA and LLB. First Māori to complete a degree at a New Zealand university. Knighted in 1927.
(Te Kākano Study Guide (Ed. 1): 38; Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 20;)
Pereiha
1. (loan) (personal name) Fraser, Peter Fraser (1884-1950) labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, Prime Minister of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Ka mutu te pakanga, e kōingo tonu ana te Pirimia a Pita Pereiha ki te whakatau i te kāpeneheihana a Tainui mō ngā whenua raupatu (TTR 1998:68). / When the war ended, the Prime Minister, Peter Fraser wanted to settle compensation for Tainui land confiscations.
Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera
1. (personal name) (1875/76?-1930) Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Toa; leader, medical officer, health reformer and politician, he graduated MD in 1899. He held the Western Māori seat from 1911 until his death.
Ko Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare tētehi o te whakatupuranga o ngā kaingārahu Māori i kuraina i te Kāreti o Te Aute i te tekau tau atu i 1890 (TTR 1996:137). / Māui Wiremu Piti Naera Pōmare was one of the generation of Māori leaders educated at Te Aute College in the 1890s.
Pūhipi
1. (loan) (personal name) Busby, James Busby (1802-1871) viticulturist, British resident, farmer, politician and newspaper editor who helped choose the first national flag and oversaw the signing of the declaration of Independence in 1835.
Nā Pūhipi Pākehā i mau mai, ā noho tonu iho ia i Kororāreka hei kaiwhakahaere i te ture mō ngā Pākehā (TJ 11/1/1898:6). / The European, Busby, brought it and he was living at Kororāreka in charge of the law for the Europeans.
Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika
1. (personal name) (1895-1967) Ngāi Tahu; farmer, marine engineer, Rātana leader and politician who entered Parliament in 1932 and was knighted in 1960.
I whānau a Edward James Te Āika Tregerthen – nō muri iho ka karangatia ko Eruera Tīhema Tirikātene – i te 5 o Hānuere i te tau 1895, i te pā o Te Rakiwhakaputa e pātata atu rā ki Kaiapoi (TTR 1998:75). / Edward James Te Āika Tregerthen, later known as Eruera Tīhema Tirikātene, was born on 5 January 1895 at Te Rakiwhakaputa pā near Kaiapoi.
Horomia, Parekura Tureia
1. (personal name) (1950-2013 ) Ngāti Porou, Te Aitanga a Hauiti, Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāi Tahu; labourer, printer, civil servant, Labour Party politician. Elected for the Ikaroa-Rāwhiti electorate in 1999. Minister of Māori Affairs in 2000-2008. Played a significant role in setting up Māori Television and expanding the role of iwi radio in New Zealand. Renowned for his strong ties with the people of his electorate and Māori generally.
Wōkuru
1. (loan) (personal name) Vogel, Sir Julius (1835-99) - politician who became premier of Aotearoa/New Zealand between 1873 and 1876.
E kōrerotia ana, tērā te Pirimia, a Te Wōkuru, e rere mai i Ingarangi ki Nui Tīreni, mā Hana Wharanahihiko mai, ā tērā marama (TW 26/4/1875:73). / It is said that the Premier, The Hon. Mr Vogel is sailing from England for New Zealand via San Francisco next month.
See also Pōkuru
Rangi Hīroa, Te
1. (personal name) Sir Peter Henry Buck (1877?-1951) Ngāti Mutunga; doctor, military leader, administrator, politician, anthropologist, researcher and Bishop Museum director (Honolulu). First Māori to graduate from the University of Otago and first Māori doctor to graduate from a New Zealand university.
