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Ranginui Walker

ランギヌイ・ウォーカー

Ranginui Walker

Aliases: Ranginui Joseph Isaac Walker

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-03-01 （Bay of Plenty Region, near Ōpōtiki）
Died
2016-02-29 （Auckland） age 83
Nationality
New Zealand
Languages
English, Māori
Religion
Roman Catholic
Residence History
Tribal lands of Whakatōhea, Bay of Plenty → Auckland

Career

Occupations
writer, academic, activist, primary school teacher, professor
Active Years
1969-2016
Affiliations
Professor and Head of Māori Studies, University of Auckland, Member of the Waitangi Tribunal, Auckland District Māori Council
Memberships
Ngā Tamatoa (Māori activist group), Auckland District Māori Council (Secretary 1969-1973, Chairman 1974-1990)

Education

Hato Petera College
Secondary education
Period: 12歳時
Country: New Zealand
Also known as St Peter's Maori College
Auckland Teachers' Training College
Teacher training
Degree: Diploma in Teaching
Period: 1950年代
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: New Zealand
Worked as primary school teacher for 10 years
University of Auckland
Māori Studies
Degree: BA, MA, PhD
Period: 1962-1970
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: New Zealand
PhD thesis: The social adjustment of the Maori to urban living in Auckland

Awards

Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DCNZM)
2001
Organization: New Zealand Government
Result: 受賞
Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
2009
Organization: Creative New Zealand
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou / Struggle Without End

1990 History

Detailed history of Māori activism. Second edition 2004.

Māori land rightscultural identitystruggle history

Opotiki-Mai-Tawhiti: Capital of Whakatohea

2007 Tribal history

History of Whakatōhea tribe.

WhakatōheaMāori culture

He Tipua: The Life and Times of Sir Apirana Ngata

2001 Biography

Life and times of Sir Apirana Ngata.

Māori leader

Bibliography

  • Perceptions and Attitudes of the New Generation of Maoris to Pakeha Domination (1981)
  • History of Maori Activism (1983)
  • The Treaty of Waitangi (1983)
  • The Political Development of the Maori People in New Zealand (1984)
  • The Meaning of Biculturalism (1986)
  • Nga Mamae o te Iwi Maori: Te Ripoata o te Hui i Turangawaewae (1987)
  • Nga Tau Tohetohe: The Years of Anger (1987)
  • Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou / Struggle Without End (1990, Second edition 2004)
  • Liberating Maori from Educational Subjection (1991)
  • Nga Pepa a Ranginui: The Walker Papers (1997)
  • He Tipua: The Life and Times of Sir Apirana Ngata (2001)
  • Opotiki-Mai-Tawhiti: Capital of Whakatohea (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Academic and analytical styleMāori perspective historical narrative
Recurring Motifs
Māori land rightscultural identitycritique of colonialismbiculturalism

Legacy

New Zealand academic, author, and activist of Māori and Lebanese descent. Wrote extensively on Māori land rights and cultural identity in books and columns. Served as Professor and Head of Māori Studies at University of Auckland and Waitangi Tribunal member. Advocated Māori sovereignty. Recipient of DCNZM.

Quotes

  • The country's race problems would be solved 'in the bedrooms of the nation.'
    Source: Biography Mata Toa (2009)

Trivia

  • Adopted by his mother's sister Wairata Walker and her husband Isaac Walker, who taught him Māori language and culture.
  • Married Deirdre Dodson in 1953; they had three children. Intermarriage was an issue for both families.
  • One of two to decline knighthood in 2009 (other: Richie McCaw), citing Māori sovereignty.
  • Of Whakatōhea tribe.