John Grace (Māori leader)

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sir John Grace

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

| image = Unveiling of a commemorative stone at Te Pōrere, 18 February 1961 (28982691186) (cropped).jpg

| image_upright =

| caption = Grace in 1961 at Te Pōrere

| birth_name = Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|7|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Whanganui, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|8|11|1905|7|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wanganui, New Zealand

| occupation = Interpreter, public servant, community leader

| order = 1st High Commissioner of New Zealand to Fiji

| successor = Graham Ansell

| term_start = {{Start date|1970}}

| term_end = {{end date|1973}}

}}

Sir John Te Herekiekie Grace {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KBE|MVO|size=85%}} (28 July 1905 – 11 August 1985) was a New Zealand interpreter, public servant, community leader and New Zealand's first High Commissioner to Fiji. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngāti Tūwharetoa {{lang|mi|iwi}}. He was born in Whanganui, New Zealand on 28 July 1905.{{DNZB|title=John Te Herekiekie Grace|first= Graham|last= Butterworth|id=5g14|accessdate=23 April 2017}}

In 1953, Grace was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=413}} He was appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1954 New Zealand Royal Visit Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=40103 |date=16 February 1954 |page=1008 }} In the 1968 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to the Māori people and in public affairs.{{London Gazette |issue=44486 |date=1 January 1968 |page=42 |supp=3}}