Biographies
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Carroll, James
Cabinet Minister and twice acting Prime Minister, James Carroll’s main aim in Parliament was to empower Maori and secure a role for them in the economic life of the country.
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Matua, Hēnare
Ngāti Kahungunu chief Hēnare Matua was leader of the repudiation movement, which questioned land sales that it believed had been undertaken fraudulently.
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Heremaia, Niniwa
Through her battles in the Native Land Court, her abilities as a speaker, and her knowledge of whakapapa and tradition, Niniwa Heremaia qualified as a leader of Wairarapa Māori.
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Nireaha Tāmaki
Nireaha Tāmaki, of Rangitāne and Ngāti Kahungunu, is perhaps best known for his bitter struggle to retain lands within the large Mangatainoka block, which the government was determined to purchase for railway construction.
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Takamoana, Karaitiana
Influential Ngāti Kahungunu chief who fought in the Musket Wars during the 1820s, and later entered Parliament as a member for Eastern Māori.
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Te Hāpuku
Hawke's Bay chief, Te Hāpuku, signed the 1835 Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi. He opposed the King Movement fought against the Hauhau and Te Kooti.
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Tomoana, Hēnare
Ngāti Kahungunu leader Hēnare Tomoana was the first speaker (pīka) of the Māori Parliament in 1892.
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Carroll, Alfred (Turi)
Turi Carroll put much of his energy into national Māori organisations.
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Main image: Turi Carroll
Turi Carroll pictured at the Maori Women's Welfare League conference in Wellington, 1953.
