Ruawahine Irihāpeti Faulkner
Ngāi Te Rangi woman of mana, landowner
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Te Rangi-i-pāia
Maori woman of rank of Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui
Rāhui Te Kiri Tenetahi
Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whatua woman of mana, ship owner and land claimant
Rīpeka Wharawhara Love
Rīpeka Wharawhara Love was through descent and marriage kin to Te Āti Awa chiefs whose mana continued to extend over the Wellington region after the arrival of Pākehā settlers in 1840.
Piipi Cummins
Maori woman of mana, great determination and forceful character
Hikapuhi
Māori healer who came to prominence in 1905
Hūria Mātenga
Ngāti Tama, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Toa woman of mana, landowner
Mīria Pōmare
Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki community leader
Ngā-kahu-whero
Te Rarawa woman of mana
Ngāwini Yates
Ngāwini and Samuel Yates ran a large farm and general store in the far north of New Zealand during the latter part of the nineteenth century.