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==Early life== Of [[Māori people|Māori]] ([[Te Arawa]]), [[Irish people|Irish]], and Scottish descent,<ref>{{ cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10351623|title=Howard Morrison a knight in full voice|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|first=Amanda|last=Spratt|date=23 October 2005|access-date=28 March 2010}}</ref> Morrison <!--This is correct for WP: e.g. [[Diego Velázquez]]--> was born to Temuera Leslie Morrison, a [[New Zealand Māori rugby union team|Māori All Black]] who worked for the [[Te Puni Kōkiri|Māori Affairs Department]], and Kahurangi Morrison (née Gertrude Harete Davidson) who was known for her work in culture and entertainment.<ref name="Stuff.co.nz_2898355">{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2898355/Sir-Howard-Morrison-obituary |title=Sir Howard Morrison obituary |date=24 September 2009 |work=[[Stuff.co.nz]] |access-date=3 October 2011}}</ref> Morrison grew up in [[Rotorua]] and in [[Ruatahuna]] near [[Lake Waikaremoana|Waikaremoana]]. He attended a "native school" in the [[Urewera]] before going to [[Te Aute College]] and [[Rotorua Boys' High School]].<ref name="musicnet">{{ cite web|url=http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/1533/bio.html|title=Sir Howard Morrison > Bio|work=Music.net.nz|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web|url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/howard-morrison|title=Howard Morrison|work=[[Ministry for Culture and Heritage (New Zealand)|Ministry for Culture and Heritage]]|publisher=New Zealand History online|date=9 October 2009|access-date=29 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{ cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10600238|title=Sir Howard Morrison laid to rest|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|first1=James|last1=Ihaka|first2=Edward|last2=Gay|date=29 September 2009|access-date=30 March 2010}}</ref> After leaving school he had a variety of manual jobs including survey chainman, electricity meter reader and storeman at the Whakatu freezing works.
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