Maurice Mahoney

Maurice Edward Mahoney (1929 – 31 October 2018) was a New Zealand architect.

Early life Mahoney was born in 1929 in Plaistow in the south-east of London to working class parents, Doris and Ernest Mahoney. The family came to New Zealand when Mahoney was 10 via one of the last passenger ships that would leave Europe after the outbreak of World War II. They settled in the Christchurch suburb of Sydenham. In his early 20s, his family moved to Opawa. In 2017, he was made the inaugural distinguished fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.

Personal life After moving to Opawa in the 1950s, he married his neighbour Margaret in 1960. They were to have three daughters and one son. Mahoney died on 31 October 2018 at Nurse Maude Hospice in Christchurch. He was survived by his wife and their children. His service was held at St Barnabas Church.