June Jackson
Dame Temuranga Batley-Jackson DNZM QSO (née Batley; 24 August 1939 – 28 March 2022), known as June Jackson, was a New Zealand community worker and public servant.
Birth and early years
[edit | edit source]Born Temuranga Batley to Barney and Huinga Batley, she grew up in Mahoenui in the King Country as a member of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe. She moved to Wellington in her late teens.[1] In 1971 she moved from Porirua to Māngere, Auckland.[1]
Career and awards
[edit | edit source]She was chief executive officer of the Manukau Urban Māori Authority from 1986 to 2009, and a member of the New Zealand Parole Board from 1991 until her death.[2][3][4][5]
In 1990, Jackson received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[6] She was one of 544 recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.[7] In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[8] In the 2010 Birthday Honours, Jackson was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori.[9]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]In 1959 Jackson married Robert "Bob" Jackson,[1] a son of Everard Jackson.[10] Together they had three children, including the politician and broadcaster Willie Jackson.[11] Jackson died in Taumarunui on 28 March 2022 at the age of 82.[12][13] Her brother-in-law, Moana Jackson, died three days later.[14]
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- 1939 births
- 2022 deaths
- New Zealand Māori activists
- New Zealand activists
- New Zealand Māori public servants
- Ngāti Maniapoto people
- 20th-century New Zealand public servants
- 21st-century New Zealand public servants
- 20th-century New Zealand women public servants
- 21st-century New Zealand women public servants
- New Zealand Māori women
- Dames Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit
- Companions of the Queen's Service Order
- Jackson family (New Zealand)
- People from Waikato