Alice Mackenzie (author)

Alice Mackenzie
Born
Alice McKenzie

1873 (1873)
Hokitika, New Zealand
Died5 May 1963 (aged 90)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Other namesMrs. Peter Mackenzie
OccupationWriter
Known forAuthor of The Pioneers of Martins Bay
Spouse
Peter Mackenzie
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(m. 1902)​
MotherMargaret McKenzie

Alice Mackenzie (née McKenzie; 1873–2 May 1963) was a New Zealand author, diarist, and poet, best known for her book The Pioneers of Martins Bay. This book recounts her early life in Martins Bay, New Zealand, during the 1870s and 1880s. She is also noted for her supposed sighting of the extinct flightless bird, the moa.

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