Tags: Appointments and Awards

• Professor Emeritus Sir Mason Durie has been announced as the winner of the Te Toi o Ngā Rangi Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Matariki awards.
• Gina Solomon has been appointed to the Government’s Nature Heritage Fund Committee. The Nature Heritage Fund helps protect indigenous ecosystems on private land through acquisitions, covenanting and management plans.

• Vanessa Clark and Brian Morris have been appointed to the board of Te Māngai Pāho.  Doug Hauraki and Professor Rawinia Higgins have also been reappointed to the board for further three-year terms.

• The following New Zealand Honours and Queen’s Service awards were conferred to Māori, or people giving services to Māori, on 31 December 2015.[1]

CNZM

To be a Companion of the said Order:

Mr Robin Michael Hapi, of Foxton. For services to Māori, the community and governance.

ONZM

To be Officers of the said Order:

Professor Mere Anne Berryman, of Mt Maunganui. For services to Māori and education.

Emeritus Professor Alan Russell Bishop, of Hamilton. For services to Māori and education.

Archbishop William Brown Turei, of Gisborne. For services to the Anglican Church.

MNZM

To be a Member of the said Order:

Mr John Te Manihera Chadwick, of Rotorua. For services to Māori and the law.

Mr Henare Whitu Kingi, of Lower Hutt. For services to Māori and broadcasting.

Ms Te Aroha Paenga, JP, of Auckland. For services to Māori.

Mrs Wharemawhai Mina Timutimu, of Whakatane. For services to Māori and midwifery.

QSO

To be Companions of the said Order:

Mr Heta Kenneth Hingston, of Rotorua. For services to Māori and the judiciary.

The Queen’s Service Medal

Ms Mary-Anne Mereana Crawford, JP, of Tolaga Bay. For services to the community.

Mrs Kataraina Hodge, of Te Awamutu. For services to Māori.

Ms Anne Marie Rotarangi-Kendall, of Auckland. For services to Māori and the community.

• On Tuesday Karyn Paringatai (Ngāti Porou) received the Supreme Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence.  This was for her method of teaching in the dark, which she indicated was widely used by Māori before the arrival of Europeans.
• Whaimutu Dewes (Ngāti Porou) has been reappointed to the Board of Housing New Zealand.

• Last Thursday it was announced that Tania Simpson (Tainui, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāpuhi) has been appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand.
• Last Friday the Government appointed Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith to its Māori Economic Development Advisory Board.
• On Wednesday the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Chris Finlayson, announced eight members have been appointed to the Māori Heritage Council.  By way of background, in May new legislation was introduced that disestablished the New Zealand Historic Places Trust, and replaced it with the Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.  The new Act contains provision for a Māori Heritage Council to advise the board of the new entity.  (This is in addition to Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga having three board members with expert knowledge of te ao Māori.)

  Functions of the Māori Heritage Council include; (i) ensuring the protection of heritage places and areas meet the needs of Māori; (ii) assisting  Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga to develop bicultural perspectives; (iii) assisting whānau, hapū and iwi in the preservation and management of their heritage resources; (iv) advising on recommendations relating to archaeological sites relevant to Māori; (v) making decisions about the registration/entries on the heritage list / rārangi kōrero of wāhi tapu, wāhi tapu areas, wāhi tupuna; and (vi) advocating for the interests of Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga in aspects of its work that relates to Māori.  The incoming Council members are:

• Last Saturday Te Rua O Te Moko Ltd won the 2014 Ahuwhenua Trophy, Māori Excellence in Farming Award.
• Robin Hapi has been reappointed to the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Board.