What is Merimeri Penfold?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = Dr | name = Merimeri Penfold | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | nickname = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|05|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Te Hapua]], [[New Zealand]] | death_place = [[Kaitaia]], New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|04|01|1920|05|26|df=yes}} | death_cause = [[Cancer]] | occupation = | family = | spouse = | children = | relatives = | school = | university = }} '''Merimeri Penfold''' (née '''Roberts''', 26 May 1920 – 1 April 2014) was a New Zealand [[Māori people|Māori]] educator. She is thought to have been the first Māori woman to teach [[Māori language]] at a New Zealand university.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/te-ao-maori-mourns-loss-great-leader | title=Te Ao Māori mourns the loss of a great leader | date=2 April 2014 | work=Māori Television news | accessdate=2 April 2014 | first=Harata | last=Brown | archive-date=7 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407061753/http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/te-ao-maori-mourns-loss-great-leader | url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Penfold, Merimeri}} [[Category:1920 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in New Zealand]] [[Category:New Zealand educators]] [[Category:People from North Island]] [[Category:New Zealand Māori people]] {{bio-stub}}