Rina Moore

Rina Winifred Moore (née Ropiha, 6 April 1923 – 28 November 1975) was a New Zealand medical doctor.

Her mother was Rhoda Walker (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) and her father Tipi Tainui Ropiha (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne).

[1][2] She entered medical school at the University of Otago in 1943, married Ian Moore in 1944, and gave birth to their first child in 1945.

She also spoke widely on Māori health and mental health, presenting a paper to the South Island Conference of Young Māori Leaders held in Christchurch, 19–21 August 1960.

[3] In 1972, she wrote four papers for the International Congress on Social Psychiatry in Israel, covering urban migration, problems facing Māori and minority races, health and mental health.