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Haurongo: Mason, Henry Greathead Rex

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Beeby, Clarence Edward

1902–1998

Educational psychologist, university lecturer, educationalist, senior public servant, ambassador

Fraser, Peter

1884–1950

Labourer, trade unionist, journalist, politician, prime minister

Kirk, Norman Eric

1923–1974

Stationary-engine driver, politician, prime minister

Langstone, Frank

1881–1969

Restaurateur, politician

Lee, John Alfred Alexander

1891–1982

Criminal, swagger, soldier, politician, hotel-keeper, writer, bookseller

Melville, Eliza Ellen

1882–1946

Lawyer, local politician, feminist, women's activist

Nash, Walter

1882–1968

Clerk, commercial traveller, shopkeeper, politician, prime minister

Nordmeyer, Arnold Henry

1901–1989

Presbyterian minister, politician

Savage, Michael Joseph

1872–1940

Trade unionist, socialist, politician, prime minister

Biographies that mention Mason, Henry Greathead Rex

Barnard, William Edward

1896–1958

Lawyer, politician, parliamentary Speaker

Don, Frances May

1898–1965

Factory inspector, political activist, welfare worker

Michael Rotohiko Jones ringing the bell at Ōngarue primary school in 1977

Jones, Michael Rotohiko

1895–1978

Ngāti Maniapoto; interpreter, land agent, sportsman, private secretary, public administrator, broadcaster

Mason, Ruth

1913–1990

Botanist

Ross, Sydney Gordon

1909–1946

Labourer, criminal, conspirator

Thomas, William

1879–1945

School principal, educationalist

Williams, Ulric Gaster

1890–1971

Doctor, naturopath

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jonathan Hunt. 'Mason, Henry Greathead Rex', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/127682/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).