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Biography: Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaac

Getting married

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A posed wedding photograph in an outdoors setting, showing the bride and groom flanked by their respective parents. All are formally dressed. Deirdre, who wears a wedding dress, holds a bouquet of flowers.

Ranginui Walker and Deirdre Dodson were married in Auckland in August 1953, despite the initial disapproval of both sets of parents. It proved to be an enduring and complementary relationship, lasting more than six decades.

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Paul Spoonley. 'Walker, Ranginui Joseph Isaac', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2024. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47719/getting-married (accessed 4 June 2026).