Miria Pōmare

Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki; community leader Date Of Birth : 1877-12-24T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1971-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mildred “Miria” Amelia Woodbine Pomare (née Johnson, 24 December 1877 – 7 September 1971), also known as Miria Tapapa, was a New Zealand community leader. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki iwi. She was born in Ahipakura in Poverty Bay, New Zealand in 1877.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours.
Pomare died on 7 September 1971.

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