Te Wharehuia Milroy Explained

Te Wharehuia Milroy
Birth Name:James Te Wharehuia Milroy
Birth Date:24 July 1937
Nationality:New Zealander
Spouse:Marion Rongomaianiwaniwa Fabling (died 2010)
Discipline:Māori language

James Te Wharehuia Milroy (24 July 1937 – 7 May 2019) was a New Zealand academic and expert in the Māori language. He was of Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1] Together with Tīmoti Kāretu and Pou Temara, Milroy was a lecturer at Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), which the three professors founded in 2004.[2] [3]

Biography

Born on 24 July 1937, Milroy was the son of Kararaina Takurua and Frederick Milroy, and a grandson of the Tūhoe chief Takurua Tamarau. He was raised in Ruatoki and attended Rotorua Boys' High School.[4] During the early 1990s, Milroy became a listed member of the Waitangi Tribunal. He worked and lectured at the University of Waikato in the Māori Department, alongside Tīmoti Kāretu.

In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Milroy was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[5] In 2005, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato,[6] and in 2009, he was a recipient of the Māori Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi award.[7] Milroy was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori language, in the 2012 New Year Honours.[8] He collaborated with Kāretu on the book Maori: He Kupu Tuku Iho, the first book published entirely in te reo Māori.[9] [10]

Milroy died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 81.[11] [4] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] He was predeceased by his wife, Marion Rongomaianiwaniwa Milroy (née Fabling), in 2010. She was a descendant of the Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu tribes and a female speaker for the Te Panekiretanga Māori Language Institute. Milroy was buried beside his wife at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongotahā.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Revered reo exponent Te Wharehuia Milroy has passed away . Māori Television . 7 May 2019.
  2. News: Tahana . Yvonne . No apologies for pursuit of excellence in Maori . New Zealand Herald . 12 April 2013 . 22 July 2008.
  3. Web site: Te Wharehuia Milroy - A life in service of Māoridom. Māori Television. en. 2019-05-09.
  4. News: Tūhoe leader Professor Te Wharehuia Milroy farewelled in Rotorua. Kelly . Makiha . 7 May 2019. Rotorua Daily Post . The New Zealand Herald.
  5. Web site: Queen's Birthday honours list 2003 . 2 June 2003 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 7 May 2019.
  6. Web site: Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato . . 9 May 2019.
  7. Web site: Witi Ihimaera takes top Te Waka Toi Award . Industry News . thebigidea.co.nz . 12 April 2013. 30 August 2009 .
  8. Web site: New Year honours list 2012 . 31 December 2011 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 7 May 2019.
  9. Book: Kāretu, Tīmoti. He kupu tuku iho : ko te reo Māori te tatau ki te ao. Milroy, Wharehuia, 1937-. 2018. 9781869408800. Tāmaki-makau-rau, Aotearoa. 1031209214.
  10. Web site: Language the key to knowing a person - te reo Māori expert Sir Tīmoti Kāretu. Boynton. John. 2018-06-28. RNZ. en-nz. 2019-05-29.
  11. News: Professor James Te Wharehuia Milroy. The New Zealand Herald. 7 May 2019. 7 May 2019.
  12. News: Te reo Māori expert Wharehuia Milroy dies . 7 May 2019 . RNZ News . 7 May 2019.
  13. Web site: Te Wharehuia Milroy remembered. 16 May 2019. www.waikato.ac.nz.
  14. Web site: Te Wharehuia Milroy Morpheus of Māoridom. www.waateanews.com.
  15. Web site: A send-off fit for a king of te reo Māori. Māori Television.
  16. Web site: Māori linguists honoured at book launch. Māori Television.
  17. Web site: Te reo Māori expert Wharehuia Milroy dies. 7 May 2019. RNZ.
  18. Web site: Kua hinga te totara i Te Waonui-a-Tane Passing of Professor Wharehuia Milroy. Royal Society Te Apārangi.

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