June Jackson
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{{Short description|New Zealand Māori activist and public servant (1939–2022)}}
File:June Jackson DNZM investiture.jpg, after her investiture as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit at Ngā Whare Wātea Marae, Māngere, on 18 September 2010]]
Dame Temuranga Batley-Jackson {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|size=100%|DNZM|QSO}} (née Batley; 24 August 1939 – 28 March 2022), known as June Jackson, was a New Zealand community worker and public servant.
Birth and early years
Born Temuranga Batley to Barney and Huinga Batley, she grew up in Mahoenui in the King Country as a member of the Ngāti Maniapoto tribe. She moved to Wellington in her late teens. In 1971 she moved from Porirua to Māngere, Auckland.{{cite news |title=Fierce urban Māori advocate Dame Temuranga Batley-Jackson mourned by whānau and friends |first=Deborah |last=LaHatte |date=28 March 2022 |url= https://www.teaomaori.news/fierce-urban-maori-advocate-dame-temuranga-batley-jackson-mourned-whanau-and-friends |newspaper=Te Ao Māori News |access-date=31 March 2022}}
Career and awards
She was chief executive officer of the Manukau Urban Māori Authority from 1986 to 2009, and a member of the New Zealand Parole Board from 1991 until her death.{{cite news |title=Damehood for the prisoners too – Dame June Jackson |url=https://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/damehood-for-the-prisoners-too--dame-june-jackson-2010060706 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215173235/https://www.newshub.co.nz/nznews/damehood-for-the-prisoners-too--dame-june-jackson-2010060706 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 December 2019 |website=Newshub |access-date=15 December 2019 |language=en |date=6 June 2010 }}{{cite web |last1=Fuatai |first1=Teuila |title=The incredible legacy of Dame June Jackson |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/numa/28-02-2019/the-incredible-legacy-of-dame-june-jackson/ |website=The Spinoff |access-date=15 December 2019 |date=28 February 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Field |first1=Michael |title=June becomes Dame Temuranga |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/queens-birthday-honours/3782907/June-becomes-Dame-Temuranga |website=Stuff |access-date=15 December 2019 |language=en |date=7 June 2010}}{{Cite web |date=29 March 2022 |title=Poroporoaki: Dame Temuranga June Jackson {{!}} Beehive.govt.nz |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/poroporoaki-dame-temuranga-june-jackson |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.beehive.govt.nz |language=en}}
In 1990, Jackson received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=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=200}} She was one of 544 recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-26 |title=The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 - Register of recipients {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/our-programmes/new-zealand-royal-honours/new-zealand-royal-honours-system/types-new-zealand-royal-honours/other-distinctive-new-zealand-honours/suffrage-medal-register |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}} In the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1996 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1996 |date=3 June 1996 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |access-date=20 July 2020}} In the 2010 Birthday Honours, Jackson was appointed Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori.{{cite web |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2010 |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2010 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |date=7 June 2010 |access-date=20 July 2020}}
Personal life and death
In 1959 Jackson married Robert "Bob" Jackson, a son of Everard Jackson.{{cite news |last=Husband |first=Dale |date=22 November 2020 |title=Willie Jackson: Primed for politics |url=https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/willie-jackson-primed-for-politics/ |access-date=31 March 2022 |newspaper=E-Tangata}} Together they had three children, including the politician and broadcaster Willie Jackson.{{cite web |date=17 June 2010 |title=The honours and mum, Dame June |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/local-blogs/willie-jackson/3795338/The-honours-and-mum-Dame-June |access-date=15 December 2019 |website=Stuff |language=en}} Jackson died in Taumarunui on 28 March 2022 at the age of 82.{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/464134/respected-maori-leader-dame-june-jackson-dies-aged-82 |title=Respected Māori leader Dame June Jackson dies aged 82 |date=28 March 2022 |work=RNZ News |access-date=28 March 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://notices.nzherald.co.nz/nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/name/temuranga-batley-jackson-obituary?pid=201699158 |title=Temuranga Batley-Jackson obituary |date=30 March 2022 |work=The New Zealand Herald |access-date=31 March 2022}} Her brother-in-law, Moana Jackson, died three days later.{{Cite web |date=2024-03-13 |title=Iwi mourns Moana Jackson: 'No one in Kahungunu above him' |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/iwi-mourns-moana-jackson-no-one-in-kahungunu-above-him/KCJNSGJI4D7IDNJS54G26SGEAI/ |access-date=2024-03-13 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
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