John Mason Durie

John Mason Durie, OBE (1 July 1889 – 20 April 1971), known as Mason Durie, was a New Zealand tribal leader, interpreter, public servant, farmer, community leader. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Kauwhata and Rangitāne iwi. He was born in Aorangi, Manawatu/Horowhenua, New Zealand in 1889.Edward Taihakurei Durie and Mason Durie are his grandsons.