Paikea is a notable ancestor who originated in Hawaiki according to Māori tradition. He is particularly known to tribes with origins in the Gisborne District...

Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief...

Tāpihana Paraire "Dobbie" Paikea (26 January 1920 – 7 January 1963), also known as Dobson, was a New Zealand politician and Rātana morehu who won the Northern...

generations ago. Most Māori stories agree he was an older half-brother of Paikea and 69 other sons, while traditions recorded from the Cook Islands sometimes...

Malagamaali'i, Marcel Bramao Advancing to the Top 10: Rosita Vai, Shelley Paikea and Ashley Cooper Wildcard Contenders: Saelyn Guyton, Lissel Stewart Advancing...

Karaka Paikea (1 June 1894 – 6 April 1943) was a New Zealand Māori politician. Of Te Uri-o-Hau and Ngāti Whātua descent, Paraire Karaka Paikea was born...

Kahutia-te-rangi in Māori mythology (usually considered to be a humpback whale - paikea - a name Kahutia-te-rangi would adopt himself) The whale from the Book of...

her debut in the film Whale Rider, in which she played the main role of Paikea Apirana (Pai). She had no previous acting experience and went directly from...

of New Zealand's North Island, the novel is a retelling of the myth of Paikea. Kahu is the eldest great-grandchild of chieftain Koro Apirana; had she...

well as the banks of the Taruheru stream. Māia lived at the Puhi Kaiti pā. Paikea is also a key ancestor in East Coast history who is said to have come from...