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Ngāpuhi poet Hone Tuwhare worked as a boilermaker by day and wrote by night. Melding Māori and Pākehā elements, Tuwhare’s was a vibrant and...
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In 1984 David Lange became New Zealand’s youngest 20th-century prime minister.
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Marathon runner and athletics coach Arthur Lydiard’s star trainees included Olympic champions.
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Sonja Davies hit the headlines when she protested on the railway tracks in Nelson.
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Whina Cooper (Te Rarawa) found a role as a pan-tribal Māori leader from the 1950s.
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This Ngāti Toa leader ruled the lower North Island from his base on Kapiti Island for the best part of 20 years
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Influential Waikato leader largely responsible for the establishment of Tūrangawaewae marae
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Rangitīaria Dennan (Guide Rangi) of Ngāti Tarāwhai, escorted tourists around Rotorua for over 40 years.
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A skilled and driven Ngāpuhi leader who became one of the pivotal figures of the musket wars.
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Ngāti Porou leader and politician Āpirana Ngata is one of New Zealand's best-known figures
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Updated on 23rd July 2015