Ngapare Hopa Explained

Ngapare Kaihina Hopa (1935–30 April 2024) was a Māori academic of Waikato Tainui descent.

Early life and education

Hopa attended Gordonton School in Gordonton.[1] Later she moved to Auckland to attend Queen Victoria School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar.

Hopa later became the first Māori woman to complete a D.Phil degree from the University of Oxford.[2] [3]

Academic career

Hopa participated as a researcher at the University of Waikato in completing the research that informed the Waikato Raupatu claim.

Hopa headed the Māori Studies department at the University of Auckland.[4] [5]

Service

Beginning in 1989, while she was a senior research fellow at Waikato, Hopa became a member of the Waitangi Tribunal. She retired from the tribunal in 1993.[6]

Death

Hopa died on 30 April 2024 at the age of 88.[7] [8]

Awards and honours

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hopa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori.[9]

In 2011 Hopa was recognised for her contribution to Māori arts by Creative New Zealand, receiving its Te Waka Toi awards.[10] [11]

Hopa's collaboration with Jennifer Curnow and Jane McRae, Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers was included as part of the Te Takarangi Significant Maori non-fiction publications in 2017.[12] The list is a collaboration between Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga and The Royal Society of New Zealand to celebrate Maori thinkers, writers, and authors since the foundation of the Royal Society.[13] In 2017, Hopa was also selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating women's contributions to knowledge in New Zealand.[14]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. News: Oxford's first Maori Woman PhD remembers Gordonton School. 10 October 2016. Number 8 Network. 8 October 2018. en-US.
  2. University of Oxford . D.Phil . K.. Hopa, N.. 1977. Urban Maori Sodalities a study in social change..
  3. News: Te Ahi Kaa 2 o Whiringa a rangi (October) 2011. 2011-09-30. Radio New Zealand. 2018-10-10. en-nz.
  4. Kapa Haka: Traditional Maori Performing Arts in Contemporary Settings . Pettersen . Morten Kjeldseth . . 2007 . Oslo . Masters Thesis .
  5. News: APPOINTMENTS TO CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND. The Beehive. 2018-10-10. en.
  6. Retirement. 2. Te Manutukutuku. 24–25. October–December 1993.
  7. Web site: The Waikato Times . 2024-07-08 . www.waikatotimes.co.nz.
  8. Web site: Mateariki . Atereano . 2024-05-01 . Ngapare Hopa blazed trail for wāhine Māori academics . 2024-07-08 . Waatea News: Māori Radio Station . en-NZ.
  9. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2008 . 2 June 2008 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 21 January 2020.
  10. News: Te Ahi Kaa 2 o Whiringa a rangi (October) 2011. 2011-09-30. Radio New Zealand. 2018-10-10. en-nz.
  11. News: Te Waka Toi Awards 2011. 2011-09-05. The Big Idea. 2018-10-11. en.
  12. Web site: Royal Society Te Apārangi - Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications. royalsociety.org.nz. 2018-10-10.
  13. Web site: Royal Society Te Apārangi - About Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. royalsociety.org.nz. 2018-10-11.
  14. Web site: Ngāpare Hopa. 2021-04-27. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  15. Book: Curnow, J., N. K. Hopa and J. McRae (Eds).. Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers. Auckland University Press. 2002. Auckland. 978-1-86940-279-2.

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