Matiaha Tiramōrehu
Matiaha Tiramōrehu (?–1881) was a notable New Zealand tribal leader, teacher, land protester and assessor. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāi Tahu iwi. He was born in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand. In 1849 only one year after Ngāi Tahu and Henry Kemp made the Canterbury land deal Tiramorehu started pursuing a formal grievance to the Crown (the New Zealand Government) not upholding their end of the deal. This was continued by almost every Ngāi Tahu leader until the 1990s.

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1881 deaths
New Zealand schoolteachers
New Zealand Māori activists
People from Kaiapoi
Ngāi Tahu people
New Zealand Māori schoolteachers
Year of birth missing