Rahera Windsor

Rahera Windsor
Born (1925-03-13)13 March 1925
Pupuke, New Zealand
Died 3 May 2004(2004-05-03) (aged 79)

Rahera (Rachel) Windsor QSM (born Rahera Honi Heta, 13 March 1925 – 3 May 2004) was a kuia (female elder) of the UK Māori community, and one of the founding members of Ngāti Rānana.

Biography

Windsor was born in Pupuke, near Kaeo, in the Northland of New Zealand, in 1925. She left Northland for Auckland at an early age, and thereafter moved to the South Island where she worked as a Land Girl. She married a British Naval Engineer in 1951, subsequently relocating to the United Kingdom. Soon after her arrival in the UK she became actively involved in the celebration and promotion of Māori cultural and spiritual interests.[1]

Additional information

She is recognised for her contributions to the development of the relationship between Ngāti Rānana and Ngāti Hinemihi.[2]

She was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for Community Service in 1996.[3]

The "Rahera Windsor Award for New Zealand Studies" has been issued by the New Zealand Studies Association since April 2005, and is named in her honour.[4]

  1. ↑ Wilson, Susan (22 June 2004). "Rahera Windsor, London Maori leader". London: The Independent.
  2. ↑ Sully, Dean (2008). DECOLONIZING CONSERVATION: CARING FOR MAORI MEETING HOUSES OUTSIDE NEW ZEALAND. London: UCL Institute of Archeological Publications. ISBN 978-1-59874-309-8.
  3. ↑ "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 1996". New Zealand: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1996.
  4. ↑ "The Rahera Windsor Award for New Zealand Studies". New Zealand: The New Zealand Studies Association.
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