My great, great Grandfather, Robert Cromwell Ormsby,
and my great, great Grandmother,Meri Rangihurihia Pianika Te Raku-Takiari,
meet in New Zealand, married and lived here.
My great, great grandfather came to New Zealand in 1846
with his brother from Rosscommon in Ireland.
He married my great, great grandmother who was of high birth.
Her mother was Matekorama Rangihemoana Te Ra, a woman of great note in the area.
Pianika was also cousin to both Ngati Maniapoto's renowned fighting chief,
Rewi Manga (more commonly known as Rewi Maniapoto)
and Ngati Toa's ferocious Te Rauparaha.
Here's a website with more information on the both of them.
