Hazel Elizabeth Reddington

Ngāti Toa



Hazel Reddington was born in Whanganui-A-Tara and was educated at Dannevirke North School and Dannevirke High School. She attended Massey University from 1976-79 and continued her studies at Canterbury University where she graduated with a B.Sc majoring in Zoology in 1982. Hazel trained as a teacher at Christchurch Teachers’ College and worked as a secondary school teacher at Wellington Girls’ College from 1982-85 and Taita College from 1986-1994. In 1995 she began working at Mana College where she continues to teach. Hazel participated in a Te Ao Turoa Workshop in Auckland in 1988. She writes non-fiction work.

Biographical sources

  • Correspondence from Hazel Reddington 18 Feb. 1998.

    Non-fiction

  • Te Ao Turoa Reo Rua: A Bilingual Science Resource. Wellington, N.Z.: Curriculum Development Division, Dept. of Education, 1988.
  • Co-written and compiled with Dr Beverley Bell.
  • Te Ao Turoa Reo Rua: A Bilingual Science Resource 2. Wellington, N.Z.: Curriculum Development Division, Dept. of Education, 1988.
  • Co-written and compiled with Dr Beverley Bell.