Wiremu is a masculine given name, the

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form of

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. Notable people with the name include:

People with given name Wiremu

* Aaron Wiremu Cruden (born 1989), New Zealand rugby union player * Wiremu Doherty, New Zealand Māori educationalist and academic * Sydney Wiremu Eru, (born 1971), New Zealand rugby league player * Wiremu Gudgeon, New Zealand politician * Rata Wiremu Harrison (1935–2013), New Zealand rugby league player * Wiremu Heke (1894–1989), New Zealand rugby union player * Hōne Wiremu Heke Pōkai (c.1807/08–1850), Maori chief and war leader * Wiremu Hikairo (c.1780/90–1851), New Zealand tribal leader * Hoani Wiremu Hīpango (c.1820–1865), New Zealand tribal leader * Wiremu Hoani Taua (1862–1919), New Zealand tribal leader * David Wiremu Houpapa (born 1981), New Zealand cricketer *

Wiremu Hukunui Manaia Wiremu Hukunui Manaia (died 1892) was a New Zealand tribal leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tu hapu Ngāti Ruanui iwi of South Taranaki. He was born in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island cou ...

(?–1892), New Zealand tribal leader * Wiremu Katene (?–1895), New Zealand politician * Wiremu Kerei Nikora (1853–1915), member of the

New Zealand Legislative Council The New Zealand Legislative Council was the upper house of the General Assembly of New Zealand between 1853 and 1951. An earlier arrangement of legislative councils for the colony and provinces existed from 1841 when New Zealand became a col ...

Wiremu Kīngi Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke (c. 1795 – 13 January 1882), Māori Chief of the Te Āti Awa Tribe, was leader of the Māori forces in the First Taranaki War. He was born in 1795-1800 in Manukorihi pa, near Waitara. He was one of the 3 sons o ...

(c.1795–1882), chief of the

Te Āti Awa Te Āti Awa is a Māori iwi with traditional bases in the Taranaki and Wellington regions of New Zealand. Approximately 17,000 people registered their affiliation to Te Āti Awa in 2001, with around 10,000 in Taranaki, 2,000 in Wellington and aro ...

Tribe * Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (c.1824–1842), the first person executed in New Zealand under British rule * Wiremu Kingi Moki Te Matakatea (?–1893), New Zealand tribal warrior and leader * Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke (?–1896), New Zealand tribal leader and scholar * Hamiora Wiremu Maioha (1888–1963), New Zealand interpreter and community leader *

Wiremu Neera Te Awaitaia Wiremu Neera Te Awaitaia (c.1796 – 27 April 1866) was a Māori chief in New Zealand during first contact with European traders, the 1820s Musket Wars up to the 1860s New Zealand Wars. Born in or around 1796 into the Waikato Tribe of Ngāti ...

(c.1796–1866), New Zealand Māori chief * Wiremu Panapa (1898–1970), New Zealand Anglican Suffragan Bishop * Wiremu Parata (c.1830s–1906), New Zealand politician * Wiremu Paratene (1909–2001), New Zealand professional cyclist and politician * Wiremu Patara Te Tuhi (?–1910), New Zealand tribal leader, newspaper editor, warrior and secretary to the Māori King * Wiremu Pere (1837–1915), New Zealand Member of Parliament * Sir Māui Wiremu Pita Naera Pōmare (1875/76–1930), New Zealand doctor and politician * Wiremu Piti Pomare (?–1851), New Zealand Māori leader * Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana (1873–1939), founder of the

Rātana The Rātana movement ( mi, Te Haahi Rātana) is a church and pan-'' iwi'' political movement founded by Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana in early 20th-century New Zealand. The Rātana Church has its headquarters at the settlement of Rātana Pā near ...

religion * Winston Wiremu Reid (born 1988), New Zealand professional footballer * Wiremu Rikihana (1851–1933), New Zealand tribal leader and politician * Sir Mark Wiremu Solomon (born c.1954), Māori tribal leader * Wiremu Tako Ngātata (1815–1887), New Zealand politician and

leader *

Wiremu Tamihana Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa ( – 27 December 1866), generally known as Wiremu Tamihana, was a leader of the Ngāti Hauā Māori iwi in nineteenth century New Zealand, and is sometimes known as the kingmaker for his role in the Māori ...

(~1805–1866), leader of the

Ngāti Hauā Ngāti Hauā is a Māori people, Māori iwi of the eastern Waikato of New Zealand. It is part of the Tainui confederation. Its traditional area includes Matamata, Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge, Maungakawa, the Horotiu district along the Wai ...

iwi * Henare Wiremu Taratoa (c.1830–1864), New Zealand tribal missionary, teacher and war leader * Wiremu Te Awhitu (1914–1994), the first Māori to be ordained a Roman Catholic priest * Wiremu Te Kahui Kararehe (1846–1904), New Zealand tribal leader and historian * Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato (1820–1895), New Zealand

Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan– Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charle ...

minister * Wiremu Te Ranga Poutapu (1905–1975), New Zealand master carver and carpenter * Wiremu Te Tau Huata (1917–1991), New Zealand Anglican priest and military chaplain *

Wiremu Te Wheoro Wiremu Te Morehu Maipapa Te Wheoro (1826–1895), also known as Major Te Wheoro and later as Wiremu Te Morehu or William Morris, was a 19th-century Māori member of the House of Representatives. Te Wheoro was born in the Waikato. His father was ...

(1826–1895), member of the New Zealand House of Representatives * Wiremu Teihoka Parata (c.1879–1949), New Zealand rugby union administrator * Hore Wiremu Waaka (c.1938–2014), New Zealand musical entertainer * Wiremu Whareaitu (1912−1973), New Zealand swimmer

Fictional characters named Wiremu

* Wiremu Johnson, a character in the New Zealand radio soap opera ''

You Me Now ''You Me ... Now'' is New Zealand's first radio soap opera written and created by All The Way Home Productions. Season One was 25 episodes long and originally aired on Radio New Zealand in 2010. After a successful run, "You Me Now" was picked up ...

'' * Wiremu Potae, a character in the New Zealand soap opera ''

Shortland Street ''Shortland Street'' is a New Zealand prime-time soap opera centring on the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital, first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992. It is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera, being broadcast continuously ...

People with given name Wiremu

Fictional characters named Wiremu

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