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Te Aitanga a Tumoana

Taingaehe marena Viviane Lauder Gregory [2665] [MRIN: 1154], son of Charles
Edward Gregory [289] and Miriam Cook [297]. Viviane was born in 1910 and died in
1987 at age 77.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: Ngai Tahu, Scottish.

Viviane Gregory

Na Tamariki o te Marena:
+ 1970 F i. Enid Airini Gregory [4413] was born in 1935 and died in 1997 at age 62.

1971 M ii. Dr Bruce Craig Gregory [2683] was born in 1937 in Kaingaroa
and died on 29 Oct 2015 in Kaitaia at age 78.
Rapunga Kupu Akoako: (korero taken from "Te Hiku Hauora, Dr
Bruce Gregory") Bruce Craig Gregory; attended the Pukepoto
Native School followed by his secondary education at Kaitaia
College. He then went onto Otago University where he obtained
his MBChB and went to work at the Thames Hospital. Later he
had the distinction of being the first Maori GP to practice in
Kaitaia a role he held for over twenty years balancing western
medicine alongside of rongoa. He then exchanged the small-town
streets and dusty back roads of his rural practice for a seat in New
Zealand's parliament becoming the Member of Parliament for
Northern Maori in 1981 after winning the seat due to the Bruce Gregory
resignation of the late Matiu Rata. There he championed the treaty
that the Maori chiefs and the British signed in 1840. Considered Aotearoa's founding
document, te Tiriti O Waitangi guaranteed Maori ownership of the land. I had a sense of
injustice, he said explaining why he entered politics. I felt that the deal hadn't been
honored.
After quitting politics in 1993 Dr Gregory returned to Kaitaia where he became actively
involved in iwi health and politics. He was a member of the NZ Council of Social
Services, the NZ Maori Council, Northern Advisory Health Committee, Kaitaia College
Board of Governors, Far North Regional Museum, Chair of Taitokerau District Maori
Council, founder of the Far North Credit Union, Member of M.A.P.O and Maori Health
funding and support agency and Chair of Te Taumata Kaumatua o Ngapuhi Nui Tonu. Dr
Gregory was very much involved in the foreshore and sea bed debate and was involved in
a number of trusts that encouraged young Maori through te reo, history, rongoa along
with arts and crafts. He was also involved with Maori Language research with the Sir
James Henare Research Centre at the Auckland University.
In 2000 Dr Gregory became a trustee of Te Hauora O Te Hiku O Te Ika. During his term
on the Board, Dr Gregory was passionate about Maori health and the employment of
Maori to look after Maori He advocated for the employment of Maori medical and non-
medical staff to care for the needs of Maori on the basis that Maori were best suited to
take care of the needs and well-being of their own people His vision was for Maori to
become financially autonomous rather than rely on government funding to improve their
health and well being.
+ 1972 M iii. Ross Stirling Gregory [2666] was born on 6 May 1939 and died on 10 Mar 2018 in
Kaitaia at age 78.
1973 M iv. Ian Jack Evans Gregory [4416] was born in 1945 and died in 2018 at age 73. Another
name for Ian was Brado.

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