Miria Pomare

Mildred "Miria" Amelia Woodbine Pomare OBE (née Johnson, 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 in Poverty Bay, New Zealand in 1877.[1]

Miria Pomare
Pomare in 1928
Born(1877-12-24)24 December 1877
Ahipakura, New Zealand
Died7 September 1971(1971-09-07) (aged 93)
Lower Hutt
Burial placeManukorihi pa, Waitara, New Zealand
SpouseMaui Pomare (died 1930)
Children3
Parent
  • James Woodbine Johnson (father)

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

Pomare died on 7 September 1971.[1]

References
  1. Pomare, Miria Louise Woodbine. "Mildred Amelia Woodbine Pomare". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. "No. 30576". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 March 1918. p. 3285.


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