Miria Pomare | |
Birth Date: | 24 December 1877 |
Birth Place: | Ahipakura, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Lower Hutt |
Spouse: | Maui Pomare (died 1930) |
Children: | 3 |
Father: | James Woodbine Johnson |
Burial Place: | Manukorihi pa, Waitara, New Zealand |
Mildred "Miria" Amelia Woodbine Pomare (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.
She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 New Year Honours.
Pomare died on 7 September 1971.