Te Ua Haumene was the founder of the Pai Marire faith. Kereopa Te Rau was one his original disciple. He was a member of Ngāti Rangiwewehi of Te Arawa. Kereopa fought for the Kingite forces during the Waikato War in the early 1860’s. His wife and two daughters were killed at Rangiaowhia, near Te Awamutu, […]
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Colonel Whitmore
August 25th, 2013 
jono George Stoddart Whitmore was born in Malta in 1829 and was educated in Scotland. His father was a lieutenant in the Royal Engineers stationed in Scotland. Whitmore continued his families military background when he joined the Cape Mounted Rifles, a South African colonial unit at the age of 18. George Whitmore served in the Crimean […]
Major Ropata Wahawaha
August 25th, 2013 jono Rapata Wahawaha was a chief of Ngati Porou which is situated on the East Cape in the Gisborne area. He was born about 1820and while still a child he was captured in a raid and became the slave of Rapata Whakapuhia whose name he adopted. Years later he worked with former government land agent Donald McLean […]
Gilbert Mair
August 25th, 2013 jono Gilbert Mair was born at Wangarei in 1843. When he was young he was often in close contact with Maori through his father’s Kauri gum business and in doing so was able to learn the Maori Language. Mair volunteered to fight when fighting broke out in Tauranga in 1867. He later achieved the rank of […]
Te Kooti
August 25th, 2013 jono The exact date in which Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki was born is unknown to people today as well as his age when he died. His birth date is thought to be around 1832. He was born into the Rongowhakaata tribe located in the Gisborne region. Te Kooti was said to be a very adventurous […]