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    Joey Matenga Ashton

    Moriori, Ngati Mamoe and Ngati Kahungunu; railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader
    Overview: Joey Matenga Ashton (3 June 1907–8 November 1993) was a New Zealand railway worker, sportsman, dance band leader. Of Moriori and Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Mamoe ...
    Date of birth: 3 June 1907
    Date of death: 8 November 1993
    Age: 86 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Musician
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    Keri Hulme

    New Zealand writer
    Keri Hulme
    Overview: Keri Hulme (9 March 1947 - 27 December 2021) was a New Zealand novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Her novel, The Bone People, won the Man Booker Prize in 1985. She was the first New Zealander to win ...
    Date of birth: 9 March 1947
    Date of death: 27 December 2021
    Age: 74 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Writer
    Gender: Female
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    Piri Sciascia

    New Zealand Māori leader
    Piri Sciascia
    Overview: Piri John Ngarangikaunuhia Sciascia ONZM (6 November 1946 – 18 January 2020) was a New Zealand Māori leader, kapa haka exponent, and university administrator. From 2016 until his death, he served as k ...
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    Kay McKenzie Cooke

    New Zealand poet
    Overview: Kay McKenzie Cooke (born 1953) is a poet from New Zealand.
    Date of birth: 1953
    Age: 71
    Occupation: Poet
    Gender: Female
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    Fiona Pardington

    New Zealand photographer
    Fiona Pardington
    Overview: Fiona Dorothy Pardington MNZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand artist, her principal medium being photography.
    Date of birth: 1961
    Age: 63
    Occupation: Photographer
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    Kiti Karaka Riwai

    Moriori and Ngati Mamoe; founding mother
    Overview: Kiti Karaka Riwai (1870–1927) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori and Moriori descent, she identified with the Ngati Mamoe iwi. She was born in Ruapuke Island, Southland, New Zealand in 1870. Her ...
    Nationality: New Zealander
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    Hariata Whakatau Pitini-Morera

    New Zealand Māori tribal leader (died 1938)
    Overview: Hariata Whakatau Pitini-Morera (1871–1938) was a New Zealand Māori leader, genealogist, historian, conservationist and weaver. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāi Tahu and Ngati Mamoe ...
    Date of birth: 1871
    Date of death: 1938
    Age: 66 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Historian
    Gender: Female
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    Hiria Kokoro-Barrett

    Ngai Tahu and Ngati Mamoe woman of mana, craftswoman, mutton-birder
    Overview: Hiria Kokoro-Barrett (3 June 1870–1943) was a New Zealand tribal leader, craftswoman, mutton-birder. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngai Tahu and Ngati Mamoe iwi. She was born in Tuahiwi, North ...
    Date of birth: 3 June 1870
    Age: 154
    Nationality: New Zealander
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    Pahikore Te Koeti Turanga

    Poutini Ngāi Tahu and Ngāti Māmoe; mountaineer, guide, bushman, axeman (1883–1964)
    Overview: Pahikore Te Koeti Turanga (18 November 1883 – 13 March 1964), also known as John Butler Te Koeti, was a notable New Zealand mountaineer, guide, bushman, axeman. Of Māori descent, he identified with ...
    Date of birth: 18 November 1883
    Date of death: 13 March 1964
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Mountain Climber
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    Robert Agrippa Moengaroa Whaitiri

    New Zealand guide, soldier, and community leader
    Overview: Robert Agrippa Moengaroa Whaitiri (9 May 1916 – 11 July 1996) was a notable New Zealand guide, soldier, launch and tug master, factory manager, community leader. Of Māori descent, he identified ...
    Date of birth: 9 May 1916
    Date of death: 11 July 1996
    Age: 80 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
    Occupation: Sailor
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    Khyla Russell

    New Zealand academic
    Overview: Khyla J. Russell is a New Zealand academic and Māori of Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Rapuwai descent. She was appointed full professor at Otago Polytechnic on 1 February 2012 and emeritus professor at ...
    Occupation: Anthropologist
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    Fayne Robinson

    New Zealand master carver
    Overview: Charles Eldon Fayne Robinson (born 1964) is a New Zealand Māori artist specialising in carving. Robinson has contributed to the carving of buildings on many marae in New Zealand as well as exhibiting his ...
    Date of birth: 1964
    Age: 60
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    Becky Manawatu

    New Zealand writer
    Becky Manawatu
    Overview: Becky Manawatu (born 1982) is a New Zealand writer of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mamoe, Waitaha, and Pākehā background. In 2020, she won two Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her first novel, Auē and Best Crime ...
    Date of birth: 1982
    Age: 42
    Occupation: Writer
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    Ria Tikini
    Overview: Ria Tikini or Ria Te Kini (ca.1810 – 19 July 1919), also known as Mrs Chicken, was a businesswoman, cultural informant, and midwife from Kāi Tahu and Kāti Mamoe descent. She was an informant for ethno ...
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    Hipa Te Maiharoa

    Ngai Tahu leader, tohunga, prophet
    Overview: Hipa Te Maiharoa (?–1886) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, tohunga and prophet. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngai Tahu iwi. He was born in Te Wai-a-te-ruati, South Canterbury, New Zealand ...
    Nationality: New Zealander
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    Raniera Ellison

    Ngai Tahu and Ngati Mamoe; fishing company manager
    Overview: Raniera Ellison (13 February 1915–29 March 1974) was a New Zealand fishing company manager. He was born on 13 February 1915.
    Date of birth: 13 February 1915
    Date of death: 29 March 1974
    Age: 59 (age at death)
    Nationality: New Zealander
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    Kāti Māmoe

    Māori iwi (tribe) in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Overview: Kāti Māmoe (also spelled Ngāti Māmoe) is a Māori iwi. Originally from the Heretaunga Plains of New Zealand's Hawke's Bay, they moved in the 16th century to the South Island which at the time was already ...
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