Mere Haana Hall

Mere Haana Hall MBE (c.1881 – 23 August 1966) was a New Zealand teacher and principal. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Rangiwewehi iwi, part of the Te Arawa confederation. She was born in Tauranga in about 1881.[1] She attended Hukarere Native School for Girls and from 1927 to 1944 she was the principal of Hukarere.[1]

In the 1952 New Year Honours, Hall was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the Māori people.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Leibowitz, Donna M. T. T. Hall and Sheena. "Mere Haana Hall". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. ^ "No. 39423". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 42.


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