Birth Name: Kiritapu Lyndsay Wilson
Place of Birth: Te Karaka, Gisborne, New Zealand
Date of Birth: December 30, 1983
Ethnicity:
*father – Māori and 1/8th English
*mother – English, 1/4th Māori, 1/16th Scottish and 3/32 French
Kiri Allan is a New Zealand politician for the Labour Party. She also works as a lawyer.
She is affiliated with Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Tūwharetoa.
Kiri was adopted and raised by her maternal aunt Gail (Wilson) and her husband David Allan. Her biological parent’s surnames are Wilson and Mete. She is married to Natalie Coates with whom she has a daughter.
Kiri has said:
I was raised in Paengaroa, a small town on the western edge of the East Coast electorate with a population of 800. I am one of 10 kids but at an early age my aunty and uncle adopted me and became my mum and dad. From then, I lived my life in multiple worlds, with my pākeha father from Gore, and my mother (my biological aunty) from Te Puna.
Family Background:
Her paternal grandfather was Kirimangu Martin Duff. Kirimangu Duff was the son of Haukino Granville (Hamuti) Duff and Whaitiri Manunui, a Māori woman.
Haukino Granville Duff was the son of Granville John Berney Duff, from Norfolk, England and Rangiamohia Rongopai Te Herekiekie, a māori woman from Te Waiariki Pa.
Her paternal grandmother’s surname was Mete.
Her maternal grandfather was Herbert Lindsay (Len) Wilson. Len Wilson was white.
Her maternal grandmother was Kiritapu (Kitty) Borell. Kitty Borell was the daughter of David Borell and Rangitaia Murray.
David Borell was the son of Francis Werahiko (Frank) Borell and Terina Selina Faulkner.
Frank Borell was the son of Emile Joseph Borel, a french whaler from Touques, Normandy, France and Roha Pareamio Tangike, a Māori woman of Ngāti Apakura.
Terina Faulkner was the daughter of Joseph Te Kira John Faulkner and Heeni Jane Mata Potier.
Joseph Te Kira John Faulker was the son John Lees Faulkner from Nottingham, England and Ruawahine Irihāpeti Tawaho, a māori woman of Ngāi Te Rangi.
Heeni Potier was the daughter of Pierre Charles Potier, a harpooner from Honfleur, Normandy, France and Porina Karapapa Te Arapapa, a Māori woman of Ngāti Ranginui iwi.
Rangitaia Murray was the daughter of Cotton Ngatote Murray and Hoki Kerekau Paama, a Māori woman of Pirirakau hapu and Ngāti Ranginui iwi.
Cotton Murray was the son of John Alfred Murray Borrowdale, a shipbuilder from Moffat, Scotland and Kataraina Hone Te Kuni, a Māori woman of Te Rarawa.
Sources:
Genealogy of Kiri Allan: https://www.geni.com/people/Kiri-Allan/6000000068696282846
Genealogy of Cotton Ngatote Murray: https://www.geni.com/people/Ngatote-Murray/6000000009081034773
Genealogy of Haukino Granville Duff: https://www.geni.com/people/Haukino-Duff/6000000082665561155?through=6000000082665409314
Kiri Allan mentioning her grandfather Kirimangu Duff: https://twitter.com/KiriAllan/status/1224788182236942336
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