Aroha Clifford

Mary Lucy Aroha Brustad (née Clifford; 23 August 1908 – 30 November 1933) was a New Zealand pilot.

The family returned to New Zealand and settled in Fendalton, Christchurch, and Clifford continued her education at St Mary's Convent.

She joined the London Aero Club and flew from the Stag Lane Aerodrome, and also completed a three-month course in mechanics at the De Havilland factory, becoming a qualified ground engineer.

[9] Clifford returned to New Zealand in 1931, bringing back her own aeroplane, a de Havilland Puss Moth, which she had purchased in England.

[2] Clifford died in Amuri Hospital in Rotherham on 30 November 1933 of pneumonia, two days after giving birth to a son.