| Margaret Matilda White | |
| Birth Date: | 9 January 1868 |
| Death Place: | Waihi, New Zealand |
| Nationality: | New Zealander |
| Field: | Photography |
| Spouse: | Albert Reed |
Margaret Matilda White (9 January 1868 - 6 July 1910) was a New Zealand photographer and nurse. Her best known works are photographs she took at the Auckland Mental Hospital. A collection of her glass plates is held by the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
White was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland and emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 1886.[1] [2] From 1890 she worked with New Zealand photographer John Hanna in his studio. She later established her own photographic studio in Newton, Auckland.[3] However this venture was not a success and she was forced to close her business. Despite this failure she continued to take photographs up until her death.[4] After the closure of her studio she worked as a nurse at the Auckland Mental Hospital in Avondale.[5] It was while working there that she took a series of photographs for which she is best known.[6]
She died at Waihi hospital on 6 July 1910. Auckland War Memorial Museum holds a large collection of White's photographic glass plates.