Hinematioro
Hinematioro was a woman of high standing among the East Coast peoples from Whāngārā to Ūawa (Tolaga Bay) in 1700s New Zealand.
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Makea Takau
Makea Takau Ariki was chiefess of the Makea Nui dynasty, one of the three chiefdoms on the island of Rarotonga.
Lavinia Veiongo
Wife of King Tupou II of Tonga
Marau Taaroa
Tahitian queen and memoirist
Pōmare IV
Pōmare IV was the regnant queen of the Kingdom of Tahiti from January 1827 until her death in September 1877.
Salamāsina
Queen Salamāsina lived in 16th century Samoa and held the paramount position of Tafa‘ifā, after acquiring four papā or district titles. Her elevation to the highest chiefly ranks was a dynastic move by her relatives.
Sālote Toupou III
1900s Queen of Tonga
Tarereenore
Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.
Ana Hamu
Ana Hamu was a leading member of the Ngāpuhi iwi people in Paihia, Aotearoa.
Quaiapen
She became saunkskwa, or female sachem, of the Narangasset and Niantic peoples in 1657