Hekia Parata

Hekia Parata

female
Hekia Parata is a former candidate for the New Zealand Parliament, having stood for the National Party in the Wellington Central electorate. Parata...
Temuera Morrison

Temuera Morrison

male, 49 years old
Temuera Derek Morrison (born December 26, 1960) is a New Zealand actor. He has become one of the country's most famous stars for his roles as the...
Hone Heke

Hone Heke

male, deceased (1850)
Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai was a Māori chief and war leader in New Zealand. He is considered the principal instigator of the Flagstaff War. Born at P...
Whirimako Black

Whirimako Black

female
Whirimako Black is a female Māori vocalist from New Zealand. Whirimako sings in Te Reo Māori, uses traditional Māori musical forms and col...
Rawiri Paratene

Rawiri Paratene

male
Rawiri Paratene is a New Zealand Māori actor (Nga Puhi iwi) born in Hokianga. He is best known internationally for his role in the film Whale R...
Patricia Grace

Patricia Grace

female, 72 years old
Patricia Grace, DCNZM, QSO, (born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1937) is a notable Māori writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. S...
Kawiti

Kawiti

male, deceased (1854)
Te Ruki Kawiti was a prominent Māori chief. He and Hone Heke successfully fought the British in the Flagstaff War. Descended from Nukutawhiti and R...
Elsdon Best

Elsdon Best

male
Elsdon Best was an ethnographer who made important contributions to the study of the Māori of New Zealand.
Lee Tamahori

Lee Tamahori

male, 59 years old
Lee Tamahori, born 17 June 1950 in Wellington, New Zealand, is best known as a film director, although he got his start as a commercial artist and...
Ralph Hotere

Ralph Hotere

male, 78 years old
Hone Papita Raukura (Ralph) Hotere is a New Zealand artist of Māori descent (Te Aupōuri iwi). He was born in 1931 in Mitimiti, Northland. He is wi...