Tënä koutou
E wha rau, iwa tekau mä toru, ngä körero tangata, e wätea
ana i runga i te rorohiko, mai i Ngä Tangata Taumata Rau.
The following list of 493 biographies of Mäori are now available from the online Dictionary of New Zealand Biography website: http://www.dnzb.govt.nz. This site includes translations of each essay into the Mäori language. The figures on the right refer to original volume each biography appeared in. For a full list of DNZB entries see the Biographies Index.
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Amohau, Merekotia 4
Ānaru, Karauria Tīweka 5
Anderson, Andrew 5
Apanui, Wēpiha 2
Āporotanga, Tuakana 2
Asher, Albert 3
Asher, Ernest Te Kēpa 3
Asher, John Atirau 4
Ashton, Joey Mātenga 5
Awatere, Arapeta Marukitepua Pitapitanuiārangi 5
Baker, Frederick 5
Balneavis, Hēnare Te Raumoa Huatahi 4
Barrett, Huiatahi 4
Barrett, William Daniel 5
Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka 5
Bennett, Frederick Augustus 3
Bidois, Louis Hekenui 4
Black, Sholto Kairākau 5
Blake, John Thomas 3
Boyd, Te Heke-rangatira-ki-Nukutaurua 5
Bragg, Martha Sarah Kāhui 5
Broughton, Rangiāhuta Alan Herewini Ruka 5
Buck, Peter Henry 3
Carr, Harold Herbert 5
Carran, Catherine 2
Carran, William 5
Carroll, Hēni Materoa 3
Carroll, James 2
Carroll, Turi 4
Cherrington, Te Paea 3
Christy, Hirini Whaanga 4
Cook, George Howe 3
Cook, Herbert Francis 3
Cooper, Whina 5
Cooper, William Turakiuta� 4
Couch, Manuera Benjamin Rīwai 5
Cummins, Piipi Raumati 4
Dansey, Harry Delamere 3
Dansey, Harry Delamere Barter 5
Dansey, Roger Ingram 3
Davis, Charles Richard 4
Davis, Edward Charles 4
Delamere, Mōnita Eru 5
Delamere, Pāora Kīngi 4
Dennan, Rangitīaria 4
Donnelly, Airini 2
Durie, John Mason 4
Ehau, Kepa Hāmuera Ānaha 4
Eketone, Pēpene 3
Ellison, Edward Pōhau 4
Ellison, Rāniera 5
Ellison, Thomas Rangiwāhia 2
Emery, Samuel Horouta 4
Faulkner, Ruawahine Irihāpeti 1
Fluerty, Joseph 4
Gage, George 4
Geddes, Annabella Mary 3
Grace, John Te Herekiekie 5
Grennell, Airini Ngā Roimata 5
Haddon, �riwa Tahupōtiki 4
Haddon, Robert Tahupōtiki 3
Haerehuka 1
Hākaraia, Ngāpiki 4
Hākiwai, Reremoana 5
Halbert, Rongowhakaata Pere 4
Hall, Mere Haana 4
Harris, Edward Francis 2
Hato, Ana Matawhaura 4
Heberley, Jacob William 2
Hei, Ākenehi 3
Heke Pōkai, Hōne Wiremu 1
Hēmi, Jack Raharuhi 4
Hēnare, James Clendon Tau 5
Hēnare, Taurekareka 3
Hērangi, Te Kirihaehae Te Puea 3
Hetet, Rangimārie 5
Hikairo, Wiremu 1
Hikapuhi 3
Hīmona, Richard Tahuora 5
Hine-i-paketia 1
Hine-i-tūrama 1
Hinematioro 1
Hinerangi, Sophia 2
Hīpango, Hoani Wiremu 1
Hippolite, John Te One 5
Hīroki, Wiremu 2
Hond, Patricia Laura Te Waikapoata 5
Hongi Hika 1
Howie, Fanny Rose 3
Huata, Hēmi Pītiti 3
Huata, Wiremu Te Tau 5
Hura, Maata Te Reo 5
Hurley, Rona Marjory 4
Hūtana, �hāia 2
�haka, Kīngi Matutaera 5
Jaram, Matekoraha Te Peehi 5
Jones, Michael Rotohiko 4
Jones, Pei Te Hurinui 4
Jury, Hoani Te Whatahoro 1
Jury, Te Aitū-o-te-rangi 1
Kaaro, Ani 2
Kahutia, Riperata 2
Kaihau, Hēnare 2
Kaikōura Whakatau 2
Kaiwhata, Pāora 2
Kāmira, Himiona Tūpākihi 4
Kapa, Mutu Paratene 4
Kapua, Eramiha Neke 4
Karaitiana, Rangi Ruru Wānanga 5
Karetai 1
Karika, Pā George 3
Karira 1
Kawepō, Rēnata Tama-ki-Hikurangi 1
Kawiti, Kirihi Te Riri Maihi 4
Kawiti, Maihi Parāone 2
Kawiti, Te Ruki 1
Keiha, Kīngi Āreta 5
Kelly, Leslie George 4
Kōhere, Hēnare Mōkena 3
Kōhere, Mōkena 1
Kōhere, Rēweti Tūhorouta 3
Kokoro-Barrett, Hīria 3
Korokī Te Rata Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 4
Kūkūtai, Waata Pihikete 1
Love, Eruera Te Whiti-o-Rongomai 5
Love, Mākere Rangiātea Ralph 5
Love, Rīpeka Wharawhara 3
Maaka, Golan Haberfield 4
Mahupuku, Hāmuera Tamahau 2
Mahupuku, Maata 3
Mahuta, Tonga 3
Mahuta, Tūmate 4
Mahuta Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 3
Maihi, Rehutai 4
Maika, Pūrākau 3
Maioha, Hāmiora Wiremu 3
Maketū, Wiremu Kīngi 1
Makitānara, Tuiti 4
Manahi, Haane Te Rauawa 5
Manaia, Wiremu Hukunui 1
Mangakāhia, Hāmiora 2
Mangakāhia, Mabel Te Aowhaitini 4
Mangakāhia, Meri Te Tai 2
Maniapoto, Rewi Manga 1
Manuel, Emarina 5
Mānuera, Eruera Riini 5
Mapu, James Waitaringa 4
Marshall, Allan 2
Mātenga, Hūria 1
Mātete, Ānaru 2
Matua, Hēnare 1
Māwhete, Rangiputangatahi 4
Maynard, Pētera Te Hiwirori 5
Meha, Stuart 4
Mihi-ki-te-kapua 1
Mitchell, Henry Taipōrutu Te Mapu-o-te-rangi 3
Moetara Motu Tongapōrutu 1
Moko, Pita Te Tūruki Tāmati 4
Mokomoko 1
Moore, Rina Winifred 5
Mōrete, Maraea 1
Murupaenga 1
Nahe, Hoani 2
Nēhua, Katerina 4
Nene, Tāmati Wāka 1
Nēpia, George 4
Newton, Wharetutu Anne 1
Ngākaho, Tāmati 2
Ngā-kahu-whero 1
Ngāpora, Tāmati 1
Ngāpua, Hōne Heke 2
Ngārimu, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa 5
Ngata, Āpirana Turupa 3
Ngata, Arihia Kane 3
Ngata, Hōri Mahue 5
Ngata, Paratene 1
Ngātai, Hōri 1
Ngātai, Wiremu Nēra 1
Ngātata, Wiremu Tako 1
Ngātata-i-te-rangi 1
Ngātuere Tāwhirimātea Tāwhao 1
Ngāwai, Tuini Moetū Haangū 5
Ngāwaka, Ānaru Iehu 3
Nihoniho, Matutaera 1
Niniwa-i-te-rangi 2
Nireaha Tāmaki 2
Nuku-pewapewa 1
�mana, Tiaki 4
�raukawa, Tāmati Hōne 1
Ormsby, John 2
Paewai, Manahi Nītama 5
Pāhewa, Hākaraia 3
Paikea, Paraire Karaka 4
Paikea, Tāpihana Paraire 5
Paipai, Kāwana Pitiroi 1
Pana-kareao, Nōpera 1
Pānapa, Wiremu Nētana 4
Pāora, �tene 3
Pāpāhia, Hōne Tana 2
Papahurihia, Penetana 1
Papakura, Mākereti 3
Parata, Katherine Te Rongokahira 3
Parata, Tāme Haereroa 2
Parata, Wiremu Te Kākākura 2
Paremata Te Wahapiro, Te Kiore 1
Parker, William Leonard 5
Parore, Louis Wellington 4
Parore Te Āwhā 2
Pātete, Haimona 3
Pātuki, Tōpi 1
Patuone, Eruera Maihi 1
Pere, Wiremu 2
Perohuka, Te Waaka 1
Pēwhairangi, Te Kumeroa Ngoingoi 5
Pinepine Te Rika 3
Pio, Hāmiora Tumutara Te Tihi-o-te-whenua 2
Pītama, Te Aritaua 5
Pītama, Weretā Tainui 4
Pītau, �tene 2
Pītini-Morēra, Hariata Whakatau 3
Poananga, Brian Mātāuru 5
Pōhio, Horomona 1
Pōkiha, Rangi Hauiti 5
Pōmare I 1
Pōmare II 1
Pōmare, Hāre 1
Pōmare, Hariata 1
Pōmare, Māui Wiremu Piti Naera 3
Pōmare, Mildred Amelia Woodbine 4
Pōmare, Wiremu Piti 1
Pōtae, Hēnare 1
Pōtatau, Hēmi 5
Poutama, Te Mānihera 1
Poutapu, Wiremu Te Ranga 4
Pouwhare, Te Iki-o-te-rangi 4
Pritchard, Ethel 5
Puhirake, Rāwiri 1
Puhiwahine Te Rangi-hirawea, Rihi 2
Pukehika, Hōri 3
Puketapu, �hāia Pōrutu 5
Pūriri, Nau Parāone Kawiti 5
Rangi, Tūtekohi 4
Rangihatuake, Minarapa 1
Rangihau, John Te Rangiāniwaniwa 5
Rankin, Hōne Heke 4
Rātahi, Puhi-o-aotea 4
Rātana, Haami Tokouru 4
Rātana, Iriaka Matiu 5
Rātana, Tahupōtiki Wiremu 3
Raukawa, Te Mete 2
Raukura, �ria Tūtara-Kauika 3
Rāwhiti, T. T. 3
Reedy, Hānara Tangiāwhā Te �hākī 5
Reedy, Materoa 4
Rere-ō-maki 1
Retter, Hannah 3
Rēweti, Ngāpipi 3
Rikihana, Wiremu 3
Rikiriki, Ātareta Kāwana Rōpiha Mere 3
Rīwai, Kiti Karaka 3
Rīwai, Te Kiato 5
Robin, Ihakara Te Tuku 4
Rongonui, Kahupāke 3
Rōpiha, Tipi Tainui 5
Rotohiko Tangonui Haupapa 1
Royal, Te Rangiātaahua Kiniwē 4
Rua Kēnana Hepetipa 3
Ruatara 1
Rukupō, Raharuhi 2
Ruru, Lena Matewai 5
Russell, Mārama 4
Scott, John Colin 5
Shalfoon, Gareeb Stephen 4
Shelford, Charles 5
Smith, John Burns 5
Smyth, Patrick 4
Solomon, Hārata Ria Te Uira 5
Solomon, Tommy 2
Stewart, Albert Oliphant 4
Stirling, Mihi Kōtukutuku 3
Stirling, Wharetutu Te Aroha 5
Stowell, Henry Matthew 3
Tāhiwi, Kīngi Te Ahoaho 3
Tāhiwi, Pirimi Pererika 4
Tahu, Matiu Parakatone 1
Taiapa, Hōne Te Kāuru 4
Taiapa, Pineāmine 4
Taiaroa, Hōri Kerei 2
Taiaroa, Te Mātenga 1
Taiaroa, Tini Kerei 2
Taipari, Eruini Heina 4
Taipari, Nuka 1
Taipua Te Puna-i-rangiriri, Hoani 2
Taiwhanga, Hirini Rāwiri 2
Taiwhanga, Rāwiri 1
Takamoana, Karaitiana 1
Takarangi, Rangitaamo Tiahuia 5
Taki, Pāora 2
Tama-i-hara-nui 1
Tama-i-parea, Āperahama 1
Tāmairangi 1
Tamarau, Takurua 4
Tamarau Waiari 2
Tāmati, Te Mātenga 3
Taonui, Āperahama 2
Taonui Hīkaka 2
Tapsell, Ngātai Tohi Te Ururangi 2
Tapsell, Retireti 2
Tapu, Hirawanu 1
Taraia Ngākuti Te Tumuhuia 1
Tarakawa, Takaanui Hōhaia 3
Taranui, Te Pōkiha 1
Taratoa, Hēnare Wiremu 1
Tareahi, Rāwiri 1
Tāreha, Kurupō 3
Tāreha, Te Roera 3
Taua, Wiremu Hoani 3
Taukē, Te Hāpimana 1
Taumata-ā-Kura, Piripi 1
Taupopoki, Mita 2
Taurua, Ngāwaka 1
Tautari, Hēmi 2
Tautari, Mary 2
Tāwhai, Hōne Mohi 2
Tāwhiao, Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 2
Te Ahiko, Rāniera 2
Te Ahu, �hāia 1
Te Ānaua, Hōri Kīngi 1
Te Ao-kapurangi 1
Te Ātahīkoia, Mohi 2
Te Atua, Hēnare 3
Te Awa-i-taia, Wiremu Nēra 1
Te Aweawe, Te Peeti 1
Te Āwhitu, Wiremu Hākopa Toa 5
Te Hāpuku 1
Te Hau, Matiu Te Auripo 5
Te Herekiekie 1
Te Heuheu Tūkino I, Herea 1
Te Heuheu Tūkino II, Mananui 1
Te Heuheu Tūkino III, Iwikau 1
Te Heuheu Tūkino IV, Horonuku 2
Te Heuheu Tūkino V, Tūreiti 3
Te Heuheu Tūkino VI, Hoani 4
Te Heuheu Tūkino VII, Hepi Hoani 5
Te Hiko Pīata Tama-i-hikoia 1
Te Horetā 1
Te Houkāmau, Iharaira 1
Te Hura Te Taiwhakaripi 1
Te Huruhuru 1
Te Kāeaea 1
Te Kahuhiapō, Rāhera 2
Te Kāhui Kararehe, Wiremu 3
Te Kakapi, Rīpeka Wharawhara-i-te-rangi 1
Te Kani, Hirini 1
Te Kani-ā-Takirau 1
Te Kawau, Āpihai 1
Te Kere Ngātaierua 2
Te Kiri Karamu, Hēni 1
Te Kirikūmara, �hāia 1
Te Koeti Tūranga, Pahikore 3
Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Tūruki 1
Te Korou, Te Retimana 1
Te Kurapa, Hikawera 5
Te Maari-o-te-rangi, Piripi 1
Te Mahuki 2
Te Maihāroa, Hipa 1
Te Mamaku, Hēmi Tōpine 1
Te Matakātea, Wiremu Kīngi Moki 1
Te Mātorohanga, Moihi 2
Te Moananui, Kurupō 1
Te Ngahuru 1
Te Paea Tiaho 2
Te Pahi 1
Te Pairi Tūterangi 3
Te Pareihe 1
Te Pēhi Kupe 1
Te Pikinga 1
Te Popo, Hira 2
Te Pōtangaroa, Pāora 1
Te Puni-kōkopu, Hōniana 1
Te Pūoho-o-te-rangi 1
Te Purewa 1
Te Rāhui, Ānaha Kēpa 1
Te Rangi Paetahi, Mete Kīngi 1
Te Rangihaeata 1
Te Rangihiwinui, Te Keepa 1
Te Rangi-i-pāia II 1
Te Rangikāheke, Wiremu Maihi 1
Te Rangimārie, Puna Hīmene 3
Te Rangiotū, Hoani Meihana 1
Te Rangi-pūawhe, Te Keepa 1
Te Rangitāhau 2
Te Rangi-taka-i-waho, Te Mānihera 1
Te Rangitāke, Wiremu Kīngi 1
Te Rangiuia, Nōpera 1
Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero 3
Te Rato, Wiremu Te Koti 2
Te Rau, Kereopa 1
Te Rau-o-te-rangi, Kahe 1
Te Rauparaha 1
Te Rauparaha, Tāmihana 1
Te Rei Hanataua 1
Te Rei Hanataua, Hōne Pīhama 2
Te Rerenga, Hōne Wētere 2
Te Rohu 1
Te Tai Hakuene, �haka 2
Te Taiawatea Rangitūkehu, Maata 3
Te Taniwha, Tukumana 3
Te Tau, Katarina Kuini Wharerauaruhe 5
Te Tau, Taiāwhio Tikawenga 3
Te Tirarau Kūkupa 2
Te Tomo, Te Tāite 4
Te Tuhi, Wiremu Pātara 1
Te Ua Haumēne 1
te Ua, Hetekia Te Kani-ā-Takirau Kerekere Tūhoe 4
Te Umuroa, Hōhepa 1
Te Waharoa 1
Te Waharoa, Tupu Atanatiu Taingākawa 3
Te Waharoa, Wiremu Tāmihana Tarapīpipi 1
Te Wainohu, Hēnare Wēpiha 3
Te Wake, Heremia 2
Te Wera Hauraki 1
Te Whāiti, Irāia Te Ama-o-te-rangi 3
Te Whāiti, Kaihau Te Rangikakapi Maikara 3
Te Whāiti, Teoti Kerei Te Hīoirangi 4
Te Whakataupuka 1
Te Wharepōuri, Te Kakapi-o-te-rangi 1
Te Whatanui 1
Te Whenuanui 2
Te Whēoro, Wiremu Te Mōrehu Maipapa 1
Te Wherowhero, Piupiu 3
Te Wherowhero, Pōtatau 1
Te Whiti-o-Rongomai III, Erueti 2
Te Whiu, Edward Thomas 5
Te Whiwhi, Hēnare Mātene 1
Te Wīata, �nia Mōrehu Tauhia Wātene Iarahi Waihurihia 5
Temuera, Pāora 4
Tenetahi, Rāhui Te Kiri 2
Tenetahi, Wiremu Te Heru 2
Tiakitai 1
Tīkao, Hōne Taare 2
Tīpoki, Te Hata 4
Tiramōrehu, Matiaha 1
Tirikātene, Eruera Tīhema Te Āika 4
Tītokowaru, Riwha 1
Tohi Te Ururangi 1
Tohu Kākahi 2
Tōia, Hōne Riiwi 2
Tomoana, Hēnare 2
Tomoana, Paraire Hēnare 3
Topeora, Rangi Kuini Wikitōria 1
Tōpia, Hēni Hoana 4
Tōpia, Mereana� 4
Tuaia, Pene Taka 1
Tūhaere, Pāora 1
Tūhawaiki, Hōne 1
Tūhuru Kōkare 1
Tumutara, Eruera Hāmiora 4
Tūnuiārangi, Hoani Parāone 3
Tūpaea, Hōri 4
Tūpaea, Hōri Kīngi 1
Tūrei, Mohi 1
Turikatuku 1
Tūroa, Te Peehi 1
Tūroa, Tōpia Peehi 2
Tūtaki, Robert Pānapa 3
Uru, Henare Whakatau 3
Uru, John Hopere Wharewiti 3
Vercoe, Henry Te Reiwhati 3
Waaka, Te Kari 5
Wahanui Huatare 2
Wahawaha, Rāpata 1
Waitāoro 2
Waitere, Tene 3
Waititi, Hoani Retimana 5
Waitoa, Rota 1
Waitohi 1
Warbrick, Alfred Patchett 2
Wātene, Puti Tīpene 5
Wero Taroi 1
Whaanga, Hirini Te Rito 2
Whaanga, �haka 1
Whaitiri, Robert Agrippa Moengaroa 5
Whaitiri, Te Waari Kahukura 5
Whitu, Wī 5
Wī Repa, Tūtere 3
Winiata, Maharaia 5
Winter, Frank David 5
Wright, Rūmātiki Ruth 5
Wyllie, Kate 2
Yates, Ngāwini 3
Yates, Samuel 3
Zister, Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi 5
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