Birth: 27th September 1887

Death: 26th August 1961

Wiremu Kiharoha Waaka(1887-1961) was born in Okoha in the Pelorus Sound.  He had an arranged marriage with Harata Kotua and had ten children.  He lived his entire life in Anakoha bay mainly farming the land alongside other families in the Bay.

Biography

  • Name: Wiremu Kiharoa Waaka
    • Other first names: William
    • Other last names: Walker
  • Birth: 27th September 1887
  • Parents
    • Father: James Walker (1860-1932)
    • Mother: Ina Hemi (1869-1929)
  • Siblings
    • Kurahanu Waaka f (1886-1906)
    • Hiria Waaka f (1891-1964)
    • Hemi Waaka m (1893-1964)
    • Lena Whawhenga Waaka f (1898-1932)
    • Patahipa Waaka f (1899-??)
    • Rene Waaka m (1902-??)
    • Tepouwhakarewarewa Waaka m (1904-1929)
    • Mere Waaka f (1906-??)
    • Tokarehu Waaka m (1908-??)
    • Waikura Waaka f (1909-??)
    • Mere Waaka f (1909)
    • Henare Te Ranga Waaka m (1911-??)
    • Riria Te Horenga Waaka f (1913-??)
  • Marriage: to: Harata Kotua on: 21st December 1905
    • Child 1: Hohaia Walker m (1906-1906)
    • Child 2: Ihaka Tekateka Walker m (1908-1950)
    • Child 3: Ina Walker f (1909-1928)
    • Child 4: Hohaia Pita Walker (1910-??)
    • Child 5: Haromi Rangitaho Walker f (1912-1976)
    • Child 6: Riria Paeumu Walker f (1914-1999)
    • Child 7: Lenard Joseph Walker m (1915-1993)
    • Child 8: Hori Walker m (1916-??)
    • Child 9: Mark Walker (1918-1982)
    • Child 10: Peter Te Pou Whakarewarewa Walker m (1923-1996)
  • Death: Date: 26th August 1961 at Okoha, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand.
  • Burial: Okoha Urupa, Okoha, Pelorus Sound, Marlborough, New Zealand

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