Mason Durie (community leader) explained

Mason Durie
Birth Name:John Mason Durie
Birth Date:1 July 1889
Birth Place:Aorangi, New Zealand
Death Place:Aorangi, New Zealand
Relatives:Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotū (grandfather)
Eddie Durie (grandson)
Mason Durie (grandson)

John Mason Durie (1 July 1889 – 20 April 1971) was a New Zealand tribal leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, and community leader.

Background

Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kauwhata and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in Aorangi, in the Manawatū, in 1889. Eddie Durie and Mason Durie are his grandsons.

Durie died on 20 April 1971 in the same house he was born in.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Durie, John Mason. Taonga. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu. teara.govt.nz. en. 2020-04-26.