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O'Regan
O'Regan can refer to: Places *O'Regan's, Newfoundland and Labrador, a village in Newfoundland, Canada People *Brian O'Regan (other), several people *Daniel O'Regan, New Zealand rugby league player *Danny O'Regan, American ice hockey player *Denis O'Regan, photographer *Dylan O'Regan, Irish American martial artist and submission grappler *Hana O'Regan, New Zealand Maori activist *J. Kevin O'Regan, psychologist interested in phenomenal consciousness *Kate O'Regan, South African lawyer and judge *Katherine O'Regan, New Zealand politician *Mark O'Regan, New Zealand judge *Michael O'Regan, co-founder of Research Machines *Patrick O'Regan (politician), Patrick O'Regan, New Zealand politician and jurist *Rolland O'Regan, New Zealand politician and surgeon *Seamus O'Regan, Canadian politician and former broadcast journalist *Susan O'Regan, New Zealand politician *Tarik O'Regan, British composer *Tipene O'Regan, New Zealand politician and educator *Thomas O'Regan, Australian acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarik O'Regan
Tarik Hamilton O'Regan (; born 1 January 1978) is a British and American composer. His compositions number over 100 and are partially represented on 43 recordings which have been recognised with two Grammy nominations. He is also the recipient of two British Composer Awards. O'Regan has served on the Faculties of Columbia University as a Fulbright Chester Schirmer Fellow, The Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University as a Radcliffe Fellow, Yale University, Trinity College in the University of Cambridge, Rutgers University, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton as Director's Visitor. O'Regan's compositions incorporate the influence of Renaissance vocal writing, the music of North Africa, British rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s, jazz and Minimalist music. His music is often rhythmically complex and employs varying approaches to tonality. Life and work 1978–2001: Beginnings, early education, and influences Tarik O'Regan was born in London in 1978. He grew up p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate O'Regan
Catherine "Kate" O'Regan (born 17 September 1957) is a former judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court of South Africa. From 2013 to 2014 she was a commissioner of the Khayelitsha Commission and is now the inaugural director of the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights at the University of Oxford. Early life O'Regan was born in Liverpool, England, into a large Catholic family of Irish immigrants. She moved to Cape Town when she was seven. Her mother was a dentist from a "very political household"; her father was a doctor who became active in poor Catholic communities and those subjected to Apartheid#Forced removals, forced removals. O'Regan studied at the University of Cape Town from 1975 to 1980, earning a Bachelor of Arts, BA and Bachelor of Laws, LLB. She was taught briefly by Arthur Chaskalson, who had recently founded the Legal Resources Centre, and ran UCT's legal aid project, working with Mahomed Navsa of the University of the Western Cape. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamus O'Regan
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian politician who served as the Minister of Natural Resources from 2019 to 2021. A member of the Liberal Party, O'Regan has represented St. John's South—Mount Pearl in the House of Commons since 2015. He served as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defence from 2017 to 2019, and as the Minister of Indigenous Services in 2019. Before he entered politics, O'Regan was a correspondent with '' CTV National News'', and a host of ''Canada AM,'' which he co-hosted from 2003 to 2011 with Beverly Thomson. Early life and education O'Regan was born in St. John's, Newfoundland, and spent 14 years growing up in Goose Bay, graduating from Goose High School. O'Regan is of half Irish descent. His father, also named Seamus O'Regan, was a judge of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. At the age of 10, O'Regan became a regional correspondent for CBC Radio's ''Anybody Home?'', produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny O'Regan
Daniel O'Regan (born January 30, 1994) is a German-born American professional ice hockey forward for the Grand Rapids Griffins of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL). O'Regan was drafted in the fifth-round, 138th overall, by the San Jose Sharks in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He is the son of former professional ice hockey player Tom O'Regan. Playing career O’Regan spent parts of his childhood in Germany, where he started skating. After his father had retired from professional ice hockey, the family returned to the United States, settling in Needham, Massachusetts. He attended Roxbury Latin School in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, before transferring to St. Sebastian's School in Needham, Massachusetts, after his sophomore year. He attended the USA Hockey's National Team Development Program and subsequently enrolled at Boston University in 2012, leading the Terriers in points as a freshman, while ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana O'Regan
Hana Merenea O'Regan (born 1973) is a Māori language advocate and academic in New Zealand. She is a member of the Ngāi Tahu iwi (tribe). Early life and education O'Regan was born in Wellington, the youngest of five children, to Tipene O'Regan, an academic, and Sandra O'Regan, a nurse. O'Regan attended Kelburn Normal School, Roseneath Primary School, and Auckland's Queen Victoria Māori Girls' Boarding School. She spent her final school year as an AFS Intercultural Programs, AFS exchange student at Chaeng Ron Wittiya School in Bangkok, Thailand. O'Regan studied Māori studies and political science at Victoria University of Wellington and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, BA in 1993. The following year, she completed a postgraduate diploma in Māori studies at the University of Otago. Her dissertation was entitled ''Mahu Kura Kai Tahu''. In 1998, O'Regan completed a master's degree in Māori studies, also at Otago. O'Regan later undertook doctoral studies at Auckland Univers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine O'Regan
Katherine Victoria O'Regan (née Newton, 24 May 1946 – 2 May 2018) was a New Zealand politician. She was a member of parliament from 1984 to 1999, representing the National Party. She served as a minister for the National Government for six of those years. Early life Katherine Victoria Newton was born to farming parents at Te Mata, on the West Coast of the North Island and attended Hamilton Girls' High School. She chose a nursing career but left after two years due to suffering from back problems. After leaving nursing, O'Regan was involved in community organisations like the Plunket Society, SPELD (a non-profit organisation that supports people with dyslexia) and the Hamilton Speech Therapy Association. Political career O'Regan was a voting delegate for the National Party in the Raglan electorate candidate selection ahead of the 1975 election, where she supported Marilyn Waring. O'Regan would work for Waring as her electoral agent for eight years. She was elected ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tipene O'Regan
Sir Tipene O'Regan (born Stephen Gerard O'Regan on 1 January 1939) is a New Zealand academic and company director. Biography Early life and career O'Regan is the son of surgeon Rolland O'Regan and Rena Ruiha (née Bradshaw). His mother was of the Ngāi Tahu tribe and was raised in Bluff, New Zealand, Bluff. O'Regan was raised in Wellington. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington and teachers' college, then worked as a primary school teacher for two years. He returned to teachers' college as a lecturer in 1968 and remained in that role until 1983. In 1974 he stood alongside his father Rolland on the New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party ticket for the Wellington Harbour Board. He polled well but did not win a seat. He was appointed to the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board in 1976. He was on the board for 22 years and was chair for 13 years. He guided the board to successful land and sea fisheries claims before the Waitangi Tribunal, culminating in the Tribunal's reports of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolland O'Regan
Rolland O'Regan FRCS (born John Arthur Rolland O'Regan; 1 June 1904 – 20 November 1992) was a New Zealand surgeon, activist and politician. He was the son of judge Patrick O'Regan and the father of Richard Mark O'Regan and businessman and academic Sir Tipene O'Regan. Biography Early life and career O'Regan was born in 1904 and was educated at St Patrick's College. His father was Patrick O'Regan, then a Member of Parliament and later a prominent Wellington judge of the Arbitration Court. He married Rena Bradshaw (of Ngāi Tahu descent) in 1932 and would later change his name by deed poll from John Arthur Rolland O'Regan to Rolland O'Regan. Medical career He received his tertiary education at the University of Otago, where he studied medicine, graduating as a doctor in 1928. He became a house surgeon at Wellington Hospital for several years, before moving to Britain to do further postgraduate studies. He returned to New Zealand and set up a medical practice of his own. He sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick O'Regan (politician)
Patrick Joseph O'Regan (6 February 1869 – 24 April 1947) was a Member of Parliament for Inangahua and Buller, in the South Island of New Zealand. He was later appointed to the Legislative Council. Early life O'Regan was born in Charleston, on the West Coast of New Zealand to Patrick O'Regan (an Irish immigrant and goldminer) and his wife Mary. Political career O'Regan represented Inangahua (–1896) and Buller (–1899) in the New Zealand House of Representatives. He was defeated in the when he stood for re-election in Buller. He was involved with the Knights of Labour and Henry George's Single Tax Movement. In 1896, O'Regan introduced the Proportional Representation Bill into Parliament: it failed to carry the second reading by only 6 votes. A lawyer by profession, O'Regan represented striking workers in 1913 and conscientious objectors charged with sedition in World War I. O'Regan supported Labour's Peter Fraser in the in and Harry Holland in the in . However, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis O'Regan
Denis O'Regan is an English photographer. His imagery is particularly associated with the punk movement, Queen, David Bowie, and Duran Duran, and O'Regan has photographed everyone from AC/DC to ZZ Top, documenting Punk, New Romanticism, Grunge, and Heavy Metal along the way. O'Regan has undertaken many European, US, and World tours, worked as official photographer at Live Aid and the Concert For Diana, and travelled as official photographer to David Bowie, Duran Duran, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Queen, Kiss, Europe, Neil Diamond, Bee Gees, Pink Floyd and Thin Lizzy. His work has been widely published and exhibited. He has photographed David Bowie and Duran Duran more than any other photographer, covering over 200 concerts around the world by the former. In 2021, O'Regan was appointed as the first ever Artist In Residence at London's Royal Albert Hall. Early years Born in London in November 1953 to Irish parents who had eloped from County Cork, O'Regan grew up in Barnes, West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan O'Regan
Susan Catherine O'Regan (born ) is a New Zealand politician serving as the mayor of Waipa since 2022. Early life O'Regan was born and raised in Rukuhia. Her mother was Katherine O'Regan, a National MP who represented . She boarded at Waikato Diocesan School in Hamilton and King's College in Auckland, and later graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts. She briefly worked for Murray McCully as a ministerial assistant in parliament before starting a legal career in Auckland, being admitted to the bar in 1996. After marrying a farmer, she ended her legal career in 2010 to focus on family and farming. Their farm, Judge Valley Dairies, has won multiple awards at the Waikato Farm Environment Awards. Political career O'Regan was asked to run for the Taranaki-King Country electorate in the after Shane Ardern announced his retirement, but she turned it down after becoming pregnant. In 2016, she was elected to the Kakepuku ward of the Waipa Distric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel O'Regan
Daniel O'Regan (born 3 February 1988 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand rugby league player who last played for the New Zealand Warriors in the National Rugby League competition. His position of choice is at . He is the nephew of former Kiwi Ron O'Regan. Early years Educated at Kaipara College, and of Maori descent O'Regan played for the Mt Albert Lions in the Bartercard Cup as well as spending time at the Manurewa club, before signing with the New Zealand Warriors. In 2008 O'Regan played in the Toyota Cup and was the Junior Warriors inaugural captain. He played in twenty three matches and scored eleven tries. New Zealand Warriors In 2009 he was part of the wider senior Warriors squad and played with the Auckland Vulcans in the NSW Cup. He made his first grade debut for the Warriors on 5 April 2009 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, becoming the 150th player to play for the club. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
