Graham Hingangaroa Smith (born 1950) is a New Zealand Māori academic and educationalist of

Ngāti Porou Ngāti Porou is a Māori iwi traditionally located in the East Cape and Gisborne regions of the North Island of New Zealand. It has the second-largest affiliation of any iwi, behind Ngāpuhi, with an estimated 102,480 people according to the ...

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, Ngāti Apa and

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descent. He is a Fellow of the

Royal Society Te Apārangi The Royal Society Te Apārangi (in full, Royal Society of New Zealand) is a not-for-profit body in New Zealand providing funding and policy advice in the fields of sciences and the humanities. These fundings (i.e., Marsden grants and research fe ...

Career

Smith grew up with his grandmother in the

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region. He received a scholarship to a private boarding school in

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, which led to university and a teaching career. After a Diploma of Teaching and a

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at the

University of Auckland The University of Auckland (; Māori: ''Waipapa Taumata Rau'') is a public research university based in Auckland, New Zealand. The institution was established in 1883 as a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. Initially loc ...

, he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Māori) there for five years. He is now

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and

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Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi is a wānanga (indigenous tertiary education provider) based in Whakatāne, New Zealand, established in 1991 by Ngāti Awa. Today it also has a campus in both Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and Whangārei. History Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiār ...

. He is also a principal investigator at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. Notable doctoral students of Smith include Makere Stewart-Harawira.

Awards

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smith was appointed a

Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit () is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ...

for services to Māori and education. 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'".

Personal life

He is married to fellow academic

Linda Tuhiwai Smith Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith (née Mead; born 1950), previously a professor of indigenous education at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand, is now a distinguished professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. Smith's academic ...

Publications

* ''The development of kaupapa Maori: Theory and praxis.'' 1997. * ''Indigenous struggle for the transformation of education and schooling.'' 2003. *''Protecting and respecting indigenous knowledge.'' Chapter by Smith, Graham Hingangaroa in: Reclaiming Indigenous voice and vision, 2000. *''Reform and Maori educational crisis: A grand illusion''. 1991. *''"Do you guys hate Aucklanders too?" Youth: voicing difference from the rural heartland''. 2002.

References

External links

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Living people 1950 births Heads of universities and colleges in New Zealand New Zealand Māori academics Ngāti Porou people Ngāi Tahu people Ngāti Apa people Ngāti Kahungunu people Academic staff of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of the University of Auckland Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand {{Māori-bio-stub