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Pauline Kumeroa Kingi (born 3 May 1951 in
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) is a Māori community leader.


Biography

Pauline Kingi received an
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from
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and was admitted as a
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and
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in 1980 and is also a corporate director, with membership of both the Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Institute of Management. Her extensive community and public sector involvement has spanned over 28 years. She is a past chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology and lodged the application for AIT to become the first University of Technology in New Zealand, and is credited as being a key contributor in the making of
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. In June 2004, she was elected to the New Zealand Institute of Management, Auckland Division, and is the first Māori to be appointed to this body. In 1993, Kingi was awarded the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal, and in the
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, she was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the community. In 2000, she was selected for an inaugural Manawahine Award, from the
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, and received this Award from Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu.


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A Way Forward for Aotearoa New Zealand
1951 births Living people New Zealand women in business New Zealand public servants Harvard Law School alumni Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit People from Napier, New Zealand New Zealand Māori lawyers Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 New Zealand Māori women lawyers 20th-century New Zealand women lawyers 20th-century New Zealand lawyers {{Māori-bio-stub