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Taiaroa may refer to: Places * Taiaroa Head, New Zealand People with the surname * Archie Taiaroa (1937–2010), prominent New Zealand Māori * Dick Taiaroa (c. 1866–1954), New Zealand rugby union player * Hōri Kerei Taiaroa (c. 1835–1905), New Zealand politician and Māori leader * John Taiaroa (1862–1907), New Zealand sportsman * Te Mātenga Taiaroa (c. 1795–1863), New Zealand Māori leader * Tini Kerei Taiaroa, (1846–1934), New Zealand community worker Other * SS Taiaroa, a steamship built in 1875 that operated in New Zealand * HMS Taiaroa (1883) HMS ''Taiaroa'' was a colonial service designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand. She was named after Te Matenga Taiaroa, a 19th-century Māori chief of the Ngāi Tahu iwi. She was built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped ..., a torpedo boat assigned to the defense of Port Chalmers, New Zealand * ''Taiaroa'' (coral), a genus of corals {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiaroa Head
Taiaroa Head is a headland at the end of the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand, overlooking the mouth of the Otago Harbour. It lies within the city limits of Dunedin. The nearest settlement, Otakou, lies three kilometres to the south. The cape is home to a lighthouse, built in 1864, and a colony of over 100 northern royal albatrosses, which established itself in 1919 – the only such colony on an inhabited mainland. There is also the Royal Albatross Centre. History The headland is named for Te Mātenga Taiaroa, a 19th-century Māori chief of the Ngāi Tahu iwi. Pukekura, a significant Māori pā was located on the headland, having been established about 1650 and still occupied by Māori in the 1840s. It is associated with a daring warrior called Tarewai who was active in the 18th century. Pilot's Beach was formerly known as 'Hobart Town Beach' from the whaling tryworks established there in 1836 by the Weller brothers employing men from Hobart. Previously it was called 'Measly Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Taiaroa
Sir Archie John Te Atawhai Taiaroa (3 January 1937 – 21 September 2010) was a New Zealand Māori leader who affiliated to the Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Maru iwi. He chaired the Whanganui River Maori Trust Board and Te Ohu Kaimoana, the latter for five years. He lived for a long time at Taumarunui, where he was a borough councillor and deputy mayor. Taiaroa was born at Tawatā (Tawhata), on the Whanganui River, about 40 kilometres by road south-west of Taumarunui. He had an older brother, Raymond Te Rumana (Lofty) Taiaroa. He attended Tawata School, St Patrick's Convent School in Taumarunui, Hato Paora College near Feilding and the University of Canterbury. He married Martha Turner, of a leading Ngāti Tūwharetoa family, in 1965 and they had a son, Te Hokowhitu-a-Rākeipoho Taiaroa, known as Rākeipoho Taiaroa. In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Taiaroa was appointed a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Meri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Taiaroa
Riki Te Mairiki "Dick" Taiaroa (1866 – 9 April 1954) was a New Zealand rugby union footballer who was a member of the 1888–89 New Zealand Native football team that toured New Zealand, the British Isles, and Australia. The tour was the longest in rugby history—the team played 107 matches on tour—and Taiaroa played at least 59 matches in the British Isles and 85 in total. This was second in number only to William Elliot who played 86 matches total. Taiaroa also played provincial rugby for Wellington in 1886 and 1887, and Hawke's Bay in 1889. Outside of rugby, he was a surveyor and then farmer. He also served with the New Zealand Contingent of Mounted Rifles during the Anglo-Boer War. Taiaroa was from a prominent Māori family, and was a representative at the coronation of Edward VII and George V. In the 1949 King's Birthday Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hōri Kerei Taiaroa
Hōri Kerei Taiaroa (born 1830s or early 1840s – 4 August 1905), also known as Huriwhenua, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the paramount chief of the southern iwi of Ngāi Tahu. The son of Ngāi Tahu leader Te Mātenga Taiaroa and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Ōtākou on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s. He represented the Southern Maori electorate from 1871 to February 1879, when he appointed to the Legislative Council. He was disqualified from the Legislative Council in August 1880 over a technicality, which caused bitterness and resentment among Māori. When appointed by Sir George Grey Taiaroa held (and continued to hold) a salaried (government) office, hence was not eligible to sit in the council, despite having attended three sessions. He was drawing a salary as a Native Assessor and it was suggested that a Validation Act would have been passed for a European member in that situation. In 1881 Ihaia Tainui who had held ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Taiaroa
John Grey "Jack" Taiaroa (16 September 1862 – 31 December 1907), of Ngāi Tahu descent, was a New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, he played nine matches for the New Zealand national team in 1884—the warm-up in Wellington and all eight matches of the tour of New South Wales; New Zealand won all eight games. There were no test matches on the tour, as there was not yet an Australian national team, and would not be until 1903. Born in Otakou, the son of Hōri Kerei Taiaroa, a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Taiaroa played school-boy rugby for Otago Boys' High School and then for the Otago provincial side. He went on to set a national record in the long jump and represent Hawke's Bay in first-class cricket during the 1890s as an attacking batsman. In 1886 Taiaroa hit the headlines after signing his father's name on a promissory note. Despite a warrant being issued for his arrest, it was not served and the charges were later dropped. He spent most of his working life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Te Mātenga Taiaroa
Te Mātenga Taiaroa ( 1795 – 2 February 1863) was a leader of Ngāi Tahu, a Māori iwi (tribe) of the South Island of New Zealand. Taiaroa belonged to Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki and Ngāti Moki hapū of Ngāi Tahu, which were centred on Taumutu, at the southern end of Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora. From the 1830s to the 1860s, he was a leader at Ōtākou on the Otago Peninsula in association with his cousin Karetai. in the 1830s he fought against Te Rauparaha and Ngāti Toa, sometimes in conjunction with Tūhawaiki. He was later involved in peacemaking with Ngāti Toa. In 1856 he attended the meeting of Māori chiefs at Pūkawa, Lake Taupō, which elected Pōtatau Te Wherowhero as the first Māori King. In 1860 he attended the Kohimarama conference of Māori chiefs in Auckland, organised by the government. In 1859 Taiaroa was baptised by a Methodist minister and took the Christian name of Te Mātenga (Marsden). Hōri Kerei Taiaroa Hōri Kerei Taiaroa (born 1830s or early 1840s – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tini Kerei Taiaroa
Tini Kerei Taiaroa (born Tini Pana; – 4 September 1934) was a notable New Zealand founding mother and community worker. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāi Tahu iwi. She was born at Moeraki Moeraki is a small fishing village on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. It was once the location of a whaling station. In the 1870s, local interests believed it could become the main port for the north Otago area and a railwa ..., New Zealand, in about 1846. References 1846 births 1934 deaths Ngāi Tahu people People from Otago Ellison family {{Māori-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Taiaroa
The SS ''Taiaroa'' was 228 ton Union Steam ship coaster that grounded near the Waiau Toa / Clarence River on 11 April 1886. Thirty six people, 15 passengers and 21 crew, total lost their lives when they abandoned the boat after it had grounded.Wreck or the Taiaroa retrieved 19 June 2015 Construction The ''Taiaroa'' was rigged and had a 438 gross tonnage and 228 tons net. She was built in 1875 at Glasgow by A. & J. Inglis for Patrick Henderson and Co, later Sh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Taiaroa (1883)
HMS ''Taiaroa'' was a colonial service designed by Thornycroft & Company for the defence of New Zealand. She was named after Te Matenga Taiaroa, a 19th-century Māori chief of the Ngāi Tahu iwi. She was built at Chiswick in 1883 and shipped to New Zealand, where she was assigned to the defence of Port Chalmers. Service On 1 February 1884 ''Defender'' and ''Taiaroa'' were shipped aboard the sailing ship ''Lyttelton'' from London to Port Chalmers, New Zealand. ''Taiaroa'' was sent to Deborah Bay, at Port Chalmers (port of the city of Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...), where a boat house was established for her. She received a pair of 18-inch Whitehead torpedoes that had been fitted at build to her two sisters, ''Waitemata'' and ''Poneke''. These ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
