Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare

Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare OBE (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, East Coast, New Zealand in 1877.[1]

She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Pomare, Miria Louise Woodbine. "Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30576. p. 3285. 15 March 1918.
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