David Simmons (ethnologist)

David Simmons
MBE
Born
David Roy Simmons

(1930-09-06)6 September 1930
Auckland, New Zealand
Died30 November 2015(2015-11-30) (aged 85)
Auckland, New Zealand
Other names
  • D. R. Simmons
  • Rawiri Te Puru Terehou
Occupations
  • Ethnologist
  • historian
  • author
Spouse
Winifred Mary Harwood
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(m. 1955; died 2003)​
Children2
Awards
  • Elsdon Best Memorial Medal
  • Auckland Museum Medal

David Roy Simmons MBE (6 September 1930 – 30 November 2015), also known as Rawiri Te Puru Terehou, was a New Zealand ethnologist, historian and author.