Michael Foley (c. 1854 – 1 October 1922) was a New Zealand soldier, cricketer, hotel keeper and horse-racing administrator.
[1] He received a special monetary award in 1886 for his part in the arrest of Te Whiti and others, and for "the suppression of disturbance".
[3] While stationed in Opunake in the Taranaki region, Foley involved himself in sporting and theatrical activities in the area.
[1] In April 1887 Foley married Emma Stone at her family home in Kai Iwi, near Wanganui.
After a long illness he died in October 1922 at his home in Ardmore Road, in the Auckland suburb of Ponsonby, aged 68.