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He married six times and some of his children include Wi Pere & Kate Wyllie. Rugby union player, Bill Cunningham's mother, Hera is from Gisborne. He is also the grandson of Thomas Halbert, nephew of Otene Pitau, Wi Pere and Kate Wyllie and half-brother of fellow rugby player, Moana Paratene.
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Moana Maree Maniapoto MNZM (born 22 June 1961) is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and documentary maker. [1] Widely considered one of New Zealand's most successful indigenous acts, [2] her music is described as a fusion of traditional Māori haka, chants and taonga pūoro, with contemporary soul, reggae and classical styles. [3]
Notable women in the field of traditional Māori science include Makereti Papakura, who wrote a thesis on the Māori people, and Rina Winifred Moore, the first female Māori doctor in New Zealand. [27] The Royal Society Te Apārangi also identifies 150 women and their notable contributions to New Zealand in the field of science. [40]
Player Appearances Years Affiliations; Margaret Matangi [19]: 1: 1938: Te Āti Awa, Taranaki, Ngāti Mutunga June Mariu [20]: 3: 1960: Ngāti Porou Tilly Vercoe [21]: 19: 1967–1971
Rika was born in Wellington to a Ngāti Awa, Tūhoe, Te Arawa and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui mother and a Samoan father, and moved to Rotorua at a young age. [1] [5] While her mother did not speak Māori, Rika attended a kōhanga reo, a kura kaupapa, and Māori boarding schools, which allowed her to learn the language from a young age.
Maria Makarena Owen (born 22 July 1962), known professionally as Rena Owen, is a New Zealand actress in theatre, television and film.Owen is best known for her leading role as Beth Heke in Lee Tamahori's Once Were Warriors and as Taun We in George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones.
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