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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 Hoani Wiremu Hīpango ( 1820 – 25 February 1865) was a Māori tribal leader, teacher and assessor of the Whanganui River area of New Zealand. He was a leader of Ngāti Tumango, of the Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi iwi. He converted to Christia ...

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

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Wiremu Kīngi Maketū Wiremu Kīngi Maketū (also known as Maketū Wharetotara or Waretotara) (c. 1824 – 7 March 1842) was the first person executed in New Zealand under British rule. Maketū was also the first New Zealand Māori to be tried and punished based on B ...

(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 Kīngi Te Rangitāke Wiremu Kīngi Te Rangitāke ( – 13 January 1882) was a Māori chief of the Te Āti Awa iwi (tribe) and leader of the Māori forces in the First Taranaki War. Te Rangitāke was born probably in the final years of the 19th century at Man ...

(c. 1790s–1882), chief of the

Te Āti Awa Te Āti Awa or Te Ātiawa 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 about 10,000 in Taranaki, 2,000 in We ...

tribe * 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 people, 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 ...

(c.1796–1866), New Zealand Māori chief * Wiremu Panapa (1898–1970), New Zealand Anglican Suffragan Bishop *

Wiremu Parata Wiremu Te Kākākura Parata, also known as Wi Parata ( 1830s – 29 September 1906) was a New Zealand politician of Māori people, Māori and Pākehā descent. During the 1870s he was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, House o ...

(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 Piti Naera Pōmare (1875/76–1930), New Zealand doctor and politician *

Wiremu Piti Pomare Wiremu is a masculine given name, the Māori form of William. 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 educationali ...

(?–1851), New Zealand Māori leader * Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana (1873–1939), founder of the

Rātana Rātana () is a Māori Christian church and movement, headquartered at Rātana Pā near Whanganui, New Zealand. The Rātana movement began in 1918, when Tahupōtiki Wiremu (T. W.) Ratana claimed to experience visions, and began a mission o ...

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 (~1805–1866), leader of the Ngāti Hauā 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 Kāhui Kararehe (1846–1904), New Zealand tribal leader and historian * Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato (1820–1895), New Zealand Wesleyan 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 people, Māori member of the New Zealand House of Representatives, House of Representative ...

(1826–1895), member of the

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

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People with given name Wiremu

Fictional characters named Wiremu

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