| Margie Hohepa | |
| Birth Name: | Margie Kahukura Hohepa |
| Other Names: | Margie Ratapu |
| Fields: | Māori education, Kaupapa Māori |
| Workplaces: | University of Waikato |
| Alma Mater: | University of Auckland |
| Thesis1 Title: | Te Kohanga Reo hei tikanga ako i te reo Maori = Te Kohanga Reo as a context for language learning |
| Thesis1 Url: | https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/2935 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 1990 |
| Thesis2 Title: | Hei tautoko i te reo : Maori language regeneration and whānau bookreading practices |
| Thesis2 Url: | https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/517 |
| Thesis2 Year: | 2000 |
Margie Kahukura Hohepa (born 1960), sometimes Margie Ratapu (which is her married name), is a New Zealand education academic specialising in Māori education. She is Māori, of Te Māhurehure, Ngāpuhi and Te Ātiawa descent and are currently a full professor at the University of Waikato.[1]
Hohepa was born in Auckland in 1960. She received her primary and secondary education at Matipo Primary in Te Atatū Peninsula, Te Atatū Intermediate, Wainuiomata College, Wellington East Girls' College and Rutherford High School.[2] She studied at the University of Auckland for a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts (Hons) in Education, with the title of her 1990 master's thesis Te Kohanga Reo hei tikanga ako i te reo Maori = Te Kohanga Reo as a context for language learning.[3] She then obtained a Diploma in Teaching from the Auckland Teachers' College.
After a 2000 PhD titled 'Hei tautoko i te reo : Maori language regeneration and whānau bookreading practices' at the University of Auckland,[4] she continued lecturing at Auckland and in Whangarei. In 2010 she moved to an associate professorship at the University of Waikato, rising to full professor.[1]