Joan Metge

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Dame Joan Metge was born in 1930. A trained anthropologist, she is particularly famous for her outstanding promotion of cross-cultural awareness. She has published significant books and articles on cross-cultural communication, including Talking Past Each Other (Victoria University Press, 1978/1984) and Kōrero Tahi (Auckland University Press, 2001), and on Māori history and society. She was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand’s inaugural Te Rangi Hiroa Medal in 1997 for her outstanding scientific research in the social sciences and, in 2006, won the third Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize, previously won by José Ramos-Horta.

Auckland University Press

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Joan Metge

Joan Metge

Tauira: Māori Methods of Learning and Teaching

Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand

Kōrero Tahi: Talking Together