Jane Tehira

{{Short description|New Zealand sportsperson (1928–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

|name = Jane Tehira

|honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|ONZM}}

|image = Jane Tehira ONZM (cropped).jpg

|image_size =

|caption = Tehira at her investiture in 2022

|birth_name = Jane Maxwell

|birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|07|08|df=y}}

|birth_place = Kaikohe, New Zealand

|death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|07|21|1928|07|08|df=y}}

|death_place = Auckland, New Zealand

|relatives = {{ubl|Henry Maxwell (brother)|Lindsay Tait (grandson)}}

|country = New Zealand

|sport = {{ubl|Basketball|Softball|Field hockey}}

}}

Jane Tehira {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (née Maxwell; 8 July 1928 – 21 July 2023) was a New Zealand sportsperson who represented her country in basketball, softball and hockey.{{cite web|title=Two very different wāhine with a passion for excellence|website=Te Ao Maori News |url=https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2022/05/31/two-very-different-wahine-with-a-passion-for-excellence/ |date=31 May 2022 |access-date=22 July 2023}}

Biography

Jane Maxwell was born in Kaikohe on 8 July 1928.[https://maorisportsawards.co.nz/profiles/jane-te-hira-nee-maxwell/ Jane Te Hira] Maori Sports Awards profile

In the 2022 New Year Honours, Tehira was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to sports.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2022 |title=New Year honours list 2022|date=31 December 2021 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=22 July 2023}}

Tehira died on 21 July 2023, at the age of 95.{{cite news|title=Wāhine Māori New Zealand triple sports representative Jane Te Hira dies, aged 95|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/wahine-maori-new-zealand-triple-sports-representative-jane-te-hira-dies-aged-95/V7QK7UXIUVFABCCW6L4F2DA3SE/ |date=21 July 2023 |access-date=22 July 2023}}

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