Graham Smith (Māori academic) explained

Graham Smith
Birth Name:Graham Hingangaroa Smith
Alma Mater:University of Auckland
Thesis Title:The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis
Thesis Url:https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/623
Thesis Year:1997
Spouse:Linda Tuhiwai Smith

Graham Hingangaroa Smith (born 1950) is a New Zealand Māori academic and educationalist of Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Career

Smith grew up with his grandmother in the Wairarapa region. He received a scholarship to a private boarding school in Auckland, which led to university and a teaching career.[1]

After a Diploma of Teaching and a PhD at the University of Auckland,[2] he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Māori) there for five years. He is now CEO and Vice-Chancellor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.[3] He is also a principal investigator at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.[4]

Awards

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smith was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.[5] In March 2021, Smith was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising his "research and practice have been foundational to the development of Kaupapa Māori theorizing and 'transforming praxis'".[6]

Personal life

He is married to fellow academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith.[7]

Publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Perkins. Miki. Maori educator still seeks the right answers. 21 June 2015. Sydney Morning Herald. 13 December 2008.
  2. Smith . Graham . 1997 . PhD . The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis . University of Auckland . 2292/623 . free .
  3. Web site: Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi | Staff Profiles . Wananga.ac.nz . 19 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727005704/http://www.wananga.ac.nz/about/our-people/staff-profiles?profileID=532205a3-8037-e211-a26d-005056b10005 . 27 July 2014 .
  4. Web site: Professor Graham Smith | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga . Maramatanga.ac.nz . 19 July 2014.
  5. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2014 . 2 June 2014 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 28 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Researchers and scholars elected to Academy. 2021-03-11. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  7. Web site: The Public Relations and Marketing Office. Eminent Education Leader Appointed to Top Post at Waikato University . Waikato.ac.nz . 9 March 2007 . 19 July 2014.
  8. Smith . Graham Hingangaroa . 1997 . The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis . PhD . University of Auckland. 3 April 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20081016012148/https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/623. 16 October 2008.
  9. Smith . Graham Hingangaroa . October 2003 . Indigenous Struggle for the Transformation of Education and Schooling . 10.1.1.603.1987.
  10. Book: Battiste, Marie Ann . Reclaiming indigenous voice and vision . UBC Press Vancouver. 2000 . 978-0-7748-0745-6. 3 April 2022. AUT Library. live. https://archive.today/20220402223310/https://librarysearch.aut.ac.nz/vufind/Record/1123940. 2 April 2022.
  11. Web site: Smith . Graham Hingangaroa . December 1991 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170413040814/http://www.rangahau.co.nz/assets/Smith,%20G/reform_and_maori_educational_crisis.pdf. 13 April 2017. 3 April 2022. Reform & Maori Crisis: A Grand Illusion . Rangahau .
  12. Smith . Linda Tuhiwai . Smith . Graham H.. Boler. Megan. 2. April 2002 . "Do you guys hate Aucklanders too?" Youth: voicing difference from the rural heartland . Journal of Rural Studies . 18 . 2. 169–178. 10.1016/S0743-0167(01)00037-7 .