Rangitiaria Dennan

Rangitiaria Dennan MBE (née Ratema 14 July 1897 – 13 August 1970), known as Guide Rangi, was a New Zealand tribal leader, teacher and tourist guide. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Tarawhai, Te Arawa and Tuhourangi iwi.[1][2][3] A granddaughter of Tene Waitere,[4] she was born in Ngapuna, near Rotorua, New Zealand.[5] She attended Hukarere Native School for Girls.

In the 1957 New Year Honours she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the tourist movement.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Rangitiaria Ratema Dennan, John Ross Annabell. Guide Rangi of Rotorua, 1968
  2. ↑ Kevin Boon, Nelson Price Milburn. Guide Rangi- 1991 "Tells the story of Rangi Dennan or "Guide Rangi" of the Whakarewarewa thermal area and her contribution to the New Zealand tourist industry."
  3. ↑ Karen Fox -Maori and Aboriginal Women in the Public Eye 2011- Page 96 "Rangitīaria Dennan, who was best known as Guide Rangi, was widely known and celebrated for her work as a guide, ... "
  4. ↑ Carved Histories: Rotorua Ngāti Tarawhai Woodcarving - Page 64 Roger Neich - 2001 "6.37) for his own daughter, Rimupae, built to his basic monument design and erected at the home of his granddaughter, Guide Rangi, at Whakarewarewa. Tene attended the unveiling of this monument (Fig. 6.38) and then three weeks later, ..."
  5. ↑ Parekowhai, Cushla. "Rangitiaria Dennan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40962. p. 46. 1 January 1957. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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