Hōne Taare Tīkao
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Hōne Taare Tīkao (1850 – 11 June 1927) was a New Zealand tribal leader, scholar and politician. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāi Tahu iwi. He was born on Banks Peninsula, New Zealand in about 1850.[1]
He stood at several elections in the Southern Maori electorate.[2][3] One of his children was the master weaver Raukura Erana Gillies.[4]