title: Ned Ellison
text: # Ned Ellison
  
  Edward Pohau Ellison OBE (26 November 1884 – 9 November 1963), generally known as Ned Ellison and also as Pohau Erihana, was a New Zealand rugby player, doctor, and public health administrator.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Ellison was born in Waikanae, New Zealand, on 26 November 1884. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngai Tahu and Te Ati Awa iwi.
  
  Ellison attended Te Aute College and qualified as a physician at the University of Otago. In 1919 he was appointed Medical Officer and Deputy Resident Commissioner in Niue, later earning promotion to the post of Resident Commissioner. He subsequently moved to the Chatham Islands as Medical Officer and Resident Magistrate, before becoming Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands in 1925. He returned to New Zealand in 1926 to become Director of Maori Hygiene, but returned to the Cook Islands in 1930.
  
  In 1935, Ellison was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1038 New Year Honours.
  
  Ellison retired in 1946 and returned to New Zealand.
  
  