Mason Durie
Ngati Kauwhata and Rangitane leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, community leader
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| Intro | Ngati Kauwhata and Rangitane leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, community leader | |||
| Places | New Zealand | |||
| was | Farmer | |||
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| Birth | 1 July 1889, Feilding, New Zealand | |||
| Death | 20 April 1971Feilding, New Zealand (aged 81 years) | |||
| Star sign | Cancer | |||
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Biography
John Mason Durie, OBE (1 July 1889 – 20 April 1971), known as Mason Durie, 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, Manawatu District, New Zealand in 1889. Eddie Durie and Mason Durie are his grandsons.
Durie died on 20 April 1971 in the same house he was born in.