Sir John Grace | |
Birth Name: | Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1905 |
Birth Place: | Wanganui, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Wanganui, New Zealand |
Occupation: | Interpreter, public servant, community leader |
Order: | 1st High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji |
Successor: | Graham Ansell |
Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace (28 July 1905 - 11 August 1985) was a New Zealand interpreter, public servant, community leader and New Zealand's first High Commissioner to Fiji. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa Maori: [[iwi]]. He was born in Wanganui, New Zealand on 28 July 1905.
In 1953, Grace was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[1] He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours. In the 1968 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people and in public affairs.