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Kōrero: North Americans

Douglas Mews

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Douglas Mews

Douglas Mews (1918–1993), who was born in Newfoundland and migrated to New Zealand in 1969, was a prominent musician and a composer of music with New Zealand themes. As a teacher in the music department at Auckland University, radio broadcaster, and director of music at St Patrick’s Catholic Cathedral in Auckland, he communicated a love of classical and liturgical music to a wide audience.

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Nancy Swarbrick, North Americans – 1940–present: closer contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/467/douglas-mews (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Nancy Swarbrick, i tāngia i te 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.