Georgina Kirby

Dame Georgina Kamiria Kirby DBE QSO JP (born 31 January 1936) is a New Zealander who was made a dame for services to the Māori people on 11 June 1994.[1] She attended Horohoro School, Rotorua; Rotorua High School; and Auckland University.[2]

Career

Dame Georgina, a trustee of Toi Māori Aotearoa, is a staunch advocate for Māori economic, arts and fashion development. She operates the Te Taumata Art Gallery in Auckland [3] She was president of the Māori Women's Welfare League. She formed Māori Women's Development Incorporated to help Māori women who could not obtain loan grants. Kirby writes the curriculum herself, and gives it out to women around the country in her numerous roadshows. She has been referred to as a "social entrepreneur".

In 1993, Kirby was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[4]

References

  1. ↑ New Zealand Honours List (1994)
  2. ↑ Burke's Peerage excerpt
  3. ↑ Māori Art.irg website
  4. ↑ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 – register of recipients". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
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