Mason Durie (community leader)

John Mason Durie OBE (1 July 1889 – 20 April 1971) was a New Zealand tribal leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, and community leader.

Mason Durie OBE
Born	John Mason Durie (1889-07-01)1 July 1889 Aorangi, New Zealand
Died	20 April 1971(1971-04-20) (aged 81) Aorangi, New Zealand
Relatives	Hoani Meihana Te Rangiotū (grandfather) Eddie Durie (grandson) Mason Durie (grandson)

Background

Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Kauwhata and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in Aorangi, in the Manawatū, in 1889.^[1] Durie died on 20 April 1971 in the same house he was born in.^[1] Eddie Durie and Mason Durie are his grandsons.