Rumatiki Ruth Wright
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Rumatiki Ruth Wright MBE (née Gray, 27 April 1908 – 15 December 1982) was a notable New Zealand community leader and Māori welfare officer. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Kura iwi. She was born in Pipiriki, New Zealand in 1908.[1]
In the 1958 New Year Honours Wright was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Māori people, especially as senior lady Māori welfare officer at Taumarunui.[2]
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 41270. p. 44. 1 January 1958. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
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