Hauroko - Biographies

Sites

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

This website contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have 'made their mark' on this country. It does not include people who are alive. So you will not find people like Helen Clark or Sean Fitzpatrick, but you will find people like George Nepia or Michael Joseph Savage. The information on this site is the online version of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.

Dictionary of New Zealand Biography in Maori

Te Reo version of Dictionary of New Zealand Biography

Index of Māori Names

This index is from an unpublished manuscript compiled about 1925 by the missionary Rev. Henry James Fletcher (1868-1933). In its original form it was 987 pages long, a vast index of Māori names referred to in books and journals, including the names of boundaries, Māori individuals, canoes, trees, landmarks and geographical locations.

Ratana

History of the Ratana church including biographical information about church founder Tahu Potiki Wiremu Ratana.

Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana

Ngati Apa and Nga Rauru; faith healer, religious founder, political leader Biography in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (DNZB)

Tahu Potiki Wiremu Ratana

Toi Māori Aotearoa Profiles Maori Arts New Zealand

Brief profiles of practising Maori artists.