Rachael Zister
Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Zister (née Beamish, 10 October 1893 – 22 May 1997) was a New Zealand woman of mana, a secretary and community leader. Of Māori descent, she identified with the Ngāti Tai and Ngāti Paoa iwi. She was born in Waiariki, Waikato, New Zealand in 1893. In the 1989 New Year Honours, Zister was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people. She was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990 and the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993. References 1893 births Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki people Ngāti Pāoa people New Zealand Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1997 deaths New Zealand centenarians Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 Women centenarians