Wharehuia Milroy

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Dr James Te Wharehuia Milroy QSO, CNZM (24 July 1937–7 May 2019) (Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Koura) was a professor of Māori at the University of Waikato from 1993 to 2000, having taught there since 1978. Because he is an exponent of the Māori language and an expert in Māori customary practices he is often consulted, including as an examiner of numerous master and PhD theses in English and Māori. Outside of academia, Te Wharehuia has served on many boards and committees, including Te Ara Wānanga, an advisory committee for the Online Encyclopedia of New Zealand; Te Papa Māori Advisory Committee; Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori; Tertiary Education Advisory Committee; Whakaruruhau Reo for the New Zealand Qualifications Authority; the New Zealand Geographic Board; the Waitangi Tribunal; Tautoko Māori Trust and Te Kōhanga Reo Nātional Trust. In 2009, Te Wharehuia was awarded Te Tohu Aroha mō Ngoingoi Kumeroa Pewhairangi Award for strengthening Te Reo Rangatira. He was the inaugural Pou Aronui of Te Whāinga Aronui/The Council for the Humanities. He received an honorary doctorate from The University of Waikato in 2005.

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Wharehuia Milroy

Wharehuia Milroy

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