Mina McKenzie
Mina McKenzie | |
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| Born | Mina Louise Gillespie 2 February 1930 Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| Died | 11 March 1997 (aged 67) |
| Other names | Mina Woods |
| Education | Wanganui Girls' College |
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| Occupation(s) | Museum curator and director |
| Employer | Manawatu Museum |
| Known for | First Māori director of a New Zealand museum |
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| Children | 6 |
Mina Louise McKenzie (née Gillespie; 2 February 1930 – 11 March 1997) was a New Zealand museum director based in Palmerston North. Known to many as "Aunty Mina", she was the curator at the Manawatū Museum (later Te Manawa) between June 1974 and 1978. From 1978 until her retirement in 1994, she served as the director of Manawatū Museum. Affiliating to Ngāti Hauiti, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Haunui a Pāpārangi, and Rangitāne, she was the first Māori director of a New Zealand museum.