This Hook family history site is a tribute to our Hook ancestors, John Hook and Te Paea Newa nee Rapa, who began the cycle of what has become many generations of good people. This is our story...GO
TePaea Newa Rapa (parents Wiremu Rapa and (Hinekete) Tarita) was born abt 1809 in Wairoa, HB, NZ. She died Armistice Day 1918, and is buried at the beach at Whakaki, HB. TePaea Newa Rapa married John Hook in 1835 in Wairoa, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Together, they had the following children;
1. Wairoa Hook b. 1836 in Whakaki,HB.NZ died Jan 1936.
2. Okeroa Hook b. 1838 Whakaki,HB,NZ
3. Paane Hook b. 1840. He died Abt 1900.
4. Mere Tiweka Hook b.1842 in Whakaki,HB,NZ. Whangai Jack Lee Could also have had the name Smith .
5. Hera Hook b. 1844 Whakaki, died 1922.
6. Pango Hook b. 1846 in Whakaki,
7. Watene Hook b. 1848 in Whakaki, 25 Dec.1939
The following is an extract from writings of Joyce Naomi Lee (m.Pothan) about her great grandmother Te Paea Newa
"I was taken to visit her on several occasions when very young. She impressed me as tall, slim, very straight in stature and very proud, and seemed unbending. She lived in a beautiful two storied house, set in lovely grounds with tall gums and a lot of shrubs beautifully laid out on the opposite side of the road from the existing pa. Even at that early age, I was aware of the gums and shrubbery. I must have inherited that gift from Captain Hook. Incidently gum leaves were part of our lives, as Granny used the liquid from them after boiling, for bathing us when we had colds. She kept fluid back to drink. We were also given carrot juice. procured by grating and squeezing through a muslin cloth, for a tonic and cut up onions added with boiling water and sugar added for a cough. I got so sick of carrots I could not eat them for a long time after I grew up.
It must have been a lot of work for the dear soul to do on my behalf, it's a pity one does not appreciate these facts til much later in life. I attribute all these knowledgeable facts to Captain Hook. Being at sea for long periods he would need a great deal of expertise in that direction. He undoubtedly was well educated to be a captain, and in that day and age his folks must have been well off to provide him with such an education. He must have taught granny to read, as she read the bible always. He probably taught the others too. Captain Hook is buried in the Napier cemetery and is mentioned in "The History of Hawkes Bay", as well as in the book "Old Wairoa", so also is my father Fred
Vaughan."
Ancestry of TePaea
Kahungunu = Rongomaiwahine
Kahukuranui = Tuteihonga
Rakaipaaka= Turumakina
Kaukohea = Mawete
Tutekanao = Tamateaahirau
Tureia = HineKimihanga
TeHuki = TeRangiTohumare
Puruaute = TeMatakaingaitetihi
TeKapuaMatotoru = TeWhewhera
TeIpu = Tiaki
Wiremu Rapa = Tarita
TePaea Newa Rapa
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