David Roy Simmons MBE (6 September 1930 – 30 November 2015), also known as Rawiri Te Puru Terehou, was a New Zealand ethnologist, historian and author. Born in 1930, Simmons studied at Victoria University College and the University of Auckland, graduating from the latter with a Master of Arts with honours. From 1962 to 1968 he was the keeper in anthropology at Otago Museum in Dunedin. He was appointed as the ethologist at the Auckland Institute and Museum in 1968, and became the assistant director of Auckland War Memorial Museum in 1978. He also edited: Simmons died on 30 November 2015.