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Rachael Zister

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Rachael Zister
Born
Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Beamish

(1893-10-10)10 October 1893
Mercer, New Zealand
Died22 May 1997(1997-05-22) (aged 103)
Ōtāhuhu, New Zealand
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]

References

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  1. ^ a b McCollum, Maureen; McCollum, Robert, Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Zister. "December 2011". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "No. 51580". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 31 December 1988. p. 34.