Ranginui Walker
Ranginui Walker DCNZM | |
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Born | Ranginui Joseph Isaac Walker 1 March 1932 Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
Died | 29 February 2016 Auckland, New Zealand | (aged 83)
Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Notable awards | Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | The social adjustment of the Maori to urban living in Auckland (1970) |
Ranginui Joseph Isaac Walker
Early life
Walker was born in 1932 into a farming family on the tribal lands of
Education
Walker was sent to
Personal life
Walker met Deidre Dobson at Auckland Teachers' Training College in Epsom, and the couple were married in 1953. They had three children. According to biographer Professor Paul Spoonley, "The acceptance of intermarriage was an issue for both sets of parents: Walker's parents were concerned that Deidre was a Pākehā and not Roman Catholic; Deidre's were concerned that their daughter was to marry a Māori."[3][5]
Walker commented that the country's race problems would be solved 'in the bedrooms of the nation.'[3]
Career and activism
Walker was a member of Māori activist group Ngā Tamatoa and Secretary of the Auckland District Māori Council from 1969 to 1973 and chairman from 1974 to 1990.[2]
In 1993 he became the Professor and Head of Māori Studies at the University of Auckland.[6]
In 2003, Walker became a member of the
Awards and honours
In the
In 2009, Walker received a
Following Walker's death in 2016, Prime Minister John Key said Walker was "not only an insightful commentator on important historical and contemporary issues but was a tireless and passionate advocate for Māori".[2]
Former Prime Minister Helen Clark tweeted "Greatly saddened by news of death of Ranginui Walker, one of New Zealand's finest people; eminent academic & author."[2]
Published works
Walker published a number of books, including:
- 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)
Notes
- ^ Wanhalla, Angela (5 May 2011). "Ranginui Walker's whānau". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Academic and commentator Ranginui Walker dies, aged 83". Stuff.co.nz. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
- ^ ISBN 9781990003370.
- hdl:2292/3350.
- ISBN 9781742288789.
- ^ "WALKER, Ranginui", New Zealand Book Council official website. Retrieved Sept, 29, 2006
- ^ "Professor Ranginui Walker", Waitangi Tribunal official website (Retrieved 17 July 2012)
- ^ Ranginui Walker (10 August 2019). "Ranginui Walker: On being a Māori". New Zealand Listener.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2001". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2001. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Theunissen, Matt (10 August 2009). "Sir Sam 'too grand by far', Neill says". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "Previous winners". Creative New Zealand. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
Sources
- Margie Thomson, "Bridging the Gap", Dominion Post, 9 May 2009, "Your Weekend", p. 10.
- Paul Spoonley, Mata Toa: The Life and Times of Ranginui Walker, Penguin, Auckland 2009.