Maria Dallas (born Marina Devcich or Marina Devčić in Croatian, between of the 1940s and 1950s) was discovered at a talent contest in small town Morrinsville, New Zealand.
Another son, Colonel Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen, (1882–1964) was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, local body politician, and Mayor of Morrinsville.
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In later life he shared his time between Woodhead Hall in England and his property Annandale near Morrinsville in New Zealand.
The electorate was named after a little-known river past Morrinsville, and Tisch was successful in lobbying to have the electorate renamed after the Waikato River.
Mangateparu is a farming service community located close to the west bank of the Piako River, eight kilometres north of Morrinsville in the Waikato region of New Zealand.