Rachael Zister | |
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Born | Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Beamish 10 October 1893 Mercer, New Zealand |
Died | 22 May 1997 103) Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand | (aged
Occupation(s) | Māori community leader, secretary |
Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Zister CBE (née Beamish, 10 October 1893 – 22 May 1997) was a New Zealand woman of mana, a secretary and community leader. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Tai and Ngāti Paoa iwi. She was born in Waiariki, Waikato, New Zealand in 1893. [1]
In the 1989 New Year Honours, Zister was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people. [2] She was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990 and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993. [1]
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