Te Paea Tīaho (c. 1820s – 22 January 1875), sometime known by Pākehā as Princess Sophia, was a daughter of the first Māori King, Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, and a leader in the Māori King Movement in New Zealand. A member of the Ngāti Mahuta tribe, she was probably born in the Waikato in the early 1820s.

Te Paea (Sophia) Tīaho, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in Waikato. Her father was Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Her mother was probably his senior wife, Whakaawi, but may have been Raharaha, one of his junior wives.

Te Paea (born Tiaho) is commonly known as the daughter to Te Wherowhrero. Although she was actually whaangae to him as the daughter of Te Kati, Te Wherowhero's younger brother, and Matire Toha. She was still held in high regard as his daughter following their betrothal to cement peace between Tainui and Nga Puhi after Nga Puhi invasion and the ...

Te Paea Tiaho (1820S?–1875) New Zealand tribal leader. Name variations: Sophia Tiaho, Princess Sophia. Born Te Paea Tiaho, c. early 1820s, in Waikato, New Zealand; died Jan 22, 1875, at Te Kuiti, New Zealand; dau. of Potatau Te Wherowhero (first Maori king) and Whakawi (senior wife) or Raharaha (junior wife).

Te Paea Selby-Rickit (born 14 January 1992) is a New Zealand netball international. She was a member of the New Zealand teams that won the 2019 Netball World Cup. She has also represented New Zealand at the 2018 and the 2022 Commonwealth Games …

Te Paea can refer to: Te Paea o Hauraki Marae, a tribal meeting ground at Kennedy Bay for Ngāti Tamaterā; Sophia Hinerangi (c.1834–1911), a Maori tourist guide and temperance leader; Te Paea Cherrington (c.1878–1937) a New Zealand tribal leader of Maori descent

At the time of the influenza epidemic Te Paea was living and helping at the Te Heuheu family’s large residence in Queens Drive, Lyall Bay, Tongariro House, where the whānau hosted many important visitors and transacted much of their political business looking after Māori land and advocating for their wider interests in and outside Parliament.

TE PAEA, who was born in 1824, was the daughter of Te Wherowhero and sister of the second Maori King (Matutaera). She was a woman of brilliant intellectual talents, great resolution and liberal ideas. On the inauguration of the King movement she went to live in Waikato, much against the wish of her father.

Irihapeti Te Paea Hahau was born in 1820. Her name Irihapeti Te Paea translates as Elizabeth Sophia. She was the daughter of Potatau Te Wherowhero and Hinepau Hahau, of Ngati Pukeko, Whakatane. She was married firstly to John Horton McKay, with issue 11 children. She was married secondly to Sam Joy, with issue three children. [1]

Te Paea (Sophia) Tīaho, of Ngāti Mahuta, was born probably in the early 1820s in Waikato. Her father was Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, the first Māori King. Her mother was probably his senior wife, Whakaawi, but may have been Raharaha, one of his junior wives.