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Writers of Māori descent, some of whose writings are related to Māori culture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:New Zealand writers . It includes New Zealand writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
The first private literary award was the biennial Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, a short-story competition organised by the New Zealand Women Writers' Society and funded by the Bank of New Zealand, which became available in 1959; [91] [92] this award ran until 2015. [93]
Margaret Rose Orbell CNZM (17 July 1935 – 31 July 2006) was a New Zealand author, editor and academic. She was an associate professor of Māori at the University of Canterbury from 1976 to 1994.
Grace's first published book, Waiariki (1975), was the first collection of short stories to be published by a female Māori writer, and its ten stories show the diversity of Māori life and culture. [1] Writer Rachel Nunns said these early stories "inform readers at an emotional, imaginative level with the sense of what it means to be a Maori ...
The Rutherford Medal, the top honour from the Royal Society Te Apārangi, was awarded to Smith in 2023 "for her preeminent role in advancing education and research for Te Ao Māori, her groundbreaking scholarship in decolonisation of research methodologies, and her pioneering contribution to transforming research for Indigenous Peoples globally."
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga was established in 2002 to conducting research of relevance to Māori and is funded by the Tertiary Education Commission and hosted by the University of Auckland. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It came about in 2000, when the establishment of Centres of Research Excellence (CoRE) was announced by the New Zealand Government because ...
The Royal Society Te Apārangi also identifies 150 women and their notable contributions to New Zealand in the field of science. [ 40 ] In 2021, The Listener published a letter titled " In Defence of Science ", co-signed by several New Zealander scientists including Douglas Elliffe , Kendall Clements , Garth Cooper , Michael Corballis ...
Dame Kāterina Te Heikōkō Mataira DNZM (13 November 1932 – 16 July 2011) was a New Zealand Māori language proponent, educator, intellectual, artist and writer. [1] Her efforts to revive and revitalise the Māori language ( te reo Māori ) led to the growth of Kura Kaupapa Māori in New Zealand.