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General information Given name: Middle name: Surname: Sex: None M F Father (pasted?): Mother (pasted?): Skill(s): AFN #: Spouse/Partner(s) (pasted?): Image: Upload photo Image caption: Short name: Full name: General information - Footnote(s): His father's birth year is merely estimated. Use "<new note>" between notes. Sources and footnotes may contain any text, and most other Wikitext, including brackets. Source(s): Wikipedia (see below)<new note> Carole Ashton. 'Ashton, Joey Matenga', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/biographies/5a21/ashton-joey-matenga (accessed 1 March 2017) (the source of Wikipedia's stub article) Contributors: Please add your username (e.g. Yewenyi ) if you have made any contribution to this article (use plus (+) to separate Birth information Date: Year: Month (digit(s)) Day: BCE? 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Date modifier: cbefaft (c = Circa, bef = Before, aft = After) Location - Wedding 1 Street address Locality (village/city): Current county: Current province/state/UK "country": Current nation: Other place(s) (e.g. buildings or former names) Wedding - Footnote(s): Source(s): Additional information Baptism information Date: Year: Month (digit(s)) Day: BCE? Date modifier: cbefaft (c = Circa, bef = Before, aft = After) Location - Baptism Street address Locality (village/city): Current county: Current province/state/UK "country": Current nation: Other place(s) (e.g. buildings or former names) Baptism - Footnote(s): Source(s): Wedding 2 information Married? : truefalse Date: Year: Month (digit(s)) Day: BCE? Date modifier: cbefaft (c = Circa, bef = Before, aft = After) Location - Wedding 2 Street address Locality (village/city): Current county: Current province/state/UK "country": Current nation: Other place(s) (e.g. buildings or former names) Wedding - Footnote(s): Source(s): Remains information Date: Year: Month (digit(s)) Day: BCE? Date modifier: cbefaft (c = Circa, bef = Before, aft = After) Location - Remains Street address Locality (village/city): Current county: Current province/state/UK "country": Current nation: Other place(s) (e.g. buildings or former names) Remains - Footnote(s): Ashes Source(s): {{Showfacts biography}} '''Joey Matenga Ashton''' (3 June 1907–8 November 1993) was a New Zealand railway worker, sportsman, and dance band leader. Of [[Moriori people|Moriori]] and [[Māori people|Māori]] descent, he identified with the [[Ngati Kahungunu]] and [[Ngati Mamoe]] [[iwi]]. He was the son of Te Ao Ahitana Matenga (Joseph Ashton) and [[Kiti Karaka Riwai]].<ref name="DNZB Ashton">{{DNZB|title=Joey Matenga Ashton|first= Carole|last= Ashton|id=5a21|accessdate=December 2011}}</ref> {{Siblings}} No full siblings but nine older half-siblings {{Showfacts children |children-g1=(four sons - one d.s.p. - and two daughters) }} ==Education== Joey Ashton attended primary schools at Kahutara and Greytown then went to Te Aute College. ==Employment== Having milked cows as a child, he graduated to sheep-shearing as a young adult, over much of the southern North Island. Eventually, however, he embarked on a career with the Government-owned New Zealand Railways after training at Tokorangi School for the required certificate in 1936-1937. His career path started with "line serviceman" and ended with "guard" in 1961, one of his postings being on the "Blue Streak" railcar. Before becoming a guard, Joey had had to move around the North Island, to Feilding, Raurimu, Stratford, Wellington, and Putaruru. But from 1954 he was permanently back in Wellington, settling in Taita (in the Hutt Valley) in 1958. After retirement from Government service, he did some work as a security guard and as a part-time tour guide for the TV studios at Avalon. ==Sport and music== Joey's main sports were rugby and bowls, as both player and administrator. He was a proficient pianist, who managed his own dance band, playing in the Wairarapa and Rangitikei areas. ==Whakapapa== In his last decade, Joey took a keen interest in his ancestry, both Moriori and mainland Māori, eventually having recorded, with his children's help, the names of six hundred relatives, a great many of whom he had personally met. He was particularly pleased to find a photo of his mother in Michael King’s book ''Moriori'', published in 1989. {{showfacts residences}} {{showfacts awards}}{{showfacts journeys}}{{showfacts workhistory}}{{showfacts military}}{{showfacts religious}}{{showfacts community}} {{footer}} ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Moriori people]] [[Category:Ngāti Kahungunu]] [[Category:Kāti Mamoe]] [[Category:New Zealand Māori musicians]] [[Category:New Zealand railway workers]] [[Category:People from Greytown, New Zealand]] [[Category:People educated at Te Aute College]] [[Category:New Zealand Māori sportspeople]] [[Category:People of Māori descent]] {{person-enWP|Joey Matenga Ashton}} Summary: Minor edit Follow this page Cancel Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.