Hi there, if you are still interested in Josiah Fife I may have some enlightening information for you.
I do believe me and your husband are distant cousins
Anyway, Josiah Fife was also known as Harry Kingi and Hohaia Poheahea. He is listed in the Ngai Tahu blue book under kaumatua number 1129. His wife Hira Hapaiaho is kaumatua number 1127. Josiah may be the father of George Fife, but according to a source he was known for taking in and adopting stray children. Thus, there is a possibility Josiah is in fact George's adoptive father. Despite this, there is still a strong chance that he is his birth father. Josiah/Hohaia's father was known as Manu and his wife was Kakura. Manu's father may have been Teihoka Mahaka and mother Wahakai. My family tree ends at Teihoka Mahaka's father Kaumia and mother Te Haumaia. It seems that Josiah/Hohaia's whanau were originally from Canterbury. I do believe they may have moved to Southland during the war's with Te Rauparaha as did many other Ngai Tahu living in the Canterbury region, although this is not something I can prove. You may, also, be interested to know the name Fife appears out of nowhere, although it seems no coincidence that a few generations earlier a Scotsman called Fife seems to have jumped ship at Stewart Island.
Hope this helps
