Frank David Winter (5 January 1906 – 28 March 1976) was a well-known

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leader, and later a resident of Wellington. He was chairman of the Ngāi Tahu Maori Trust Board for almost a decade and was also the chairman of the Akapaitiki 'A' Block Incorporation. Winter was a patron of the

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Māori Club from its inception; was national treasurer of the Citizens' All Black Tour Association; and was a past secretary of the Poneke Māori Committee. He was also national secretary of the

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. Winter was educated at

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, where he was dux in 1922 or 1923. In 1924 he joined the Maori Affairs Department (now

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) and for the next nine years he was employed in the Ikaroa and South Island District Office in Wellington, after working in Gisborne. In the 1974 Queen's Birthday Honours, Winter was appointed a

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, for services to the community.

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*''Obituaries'' in Dominion and Evening Post of 29 March 1976 *''Obituary'' in Public Service Journal, May 1976 * 1906 births 1976 deaths Ngāi Tahu people Victoria University of Wellington alumni People educated at Te Aute College New Zealand public servants New Zealand Members of the Order of the British Empire {{Māori-bio-stub