Pauline Kumeroa Kingi (born 3 May 1951 in Napier, New Zealand is a

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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

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, with membership of both the

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and the

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Institute of Management. Her extensive community and public sector involvement has spanned over 28 years. She is a past chancellor of the

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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,

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Division, and is the first

to be appointed to this body. In 1993, Kingi was awarded the

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, and in the

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, she was appointed a

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, 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 Dame Te Atairangikaahu (born Pikimene Korokī Mahuta, 23 July 1931 – 15 August 2006) reigned as Māori Queen from 1966 until her death in 2006. Her reign was the longest of any Māori monarch. Her full name and title was Te Arikinui D ...

References

External links

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 21st-century New Zealand lawyers Recipients of the New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 New Zealand Māori women lawyers 21st-century New Zealand women lawyers 20th-century New Zealand women lawyers 20th-century New Zealand lawyers {{Māori-bio-stub