Ngapare Kaihina Hopa MNZM (1935–30 April 2024 [1]) was a Māori academic of Waikato Tainui descent.
Hopa attended Gordonton School in Gordonton. [2] Later she moved to Auckland to attend Queen Victoria School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar. [2]
Hopa later became the first Māori woman to complete a D.Phil degree from the University of Oxford. [2] [3] [4]
Hopa participated as a researcher at the University of Waikato in completing the research that informed the Waikato Raupatu claim.
Hopa headed the Māori Studies department at the University of Auckland. [5] [6]
Beginning in 1989, while she was a senior research fellow at Waikato, Hopa became a member of the Waitangi Tribunal. She retired from the tribunal in 1993. [7]
Hopa died on 30 April 2024 at the age of 88. [1] [8]
In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hopa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori. [9]
In 2011 Hopa was recognised for her contribution to Māori arts by Creative New Zealand, receiving its Te Waka Toi awards. [10] [11]
Hopa's collaboration with Jennifer Curnow and Jane McRae, Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers was included as part of the Te Takarangi Significant Maori non-fiction publications in 2017. [12] The list is a collaboration between Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga and The Royal Society of New Zealand to celebrate Maori thinkers, writers, and authors since the foundation of the Royal Society. [13] In 2017, Hopa was also selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating women's contributions to knowledge in New Zealand. [14]
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Ngapare Kaihina Hopa MNZM (1935–30 April 2024 [1]) was a Māori academic of Waikato Tainui descent.
Hopa attended Gordonton School in Gordonton. [2] Later she moved to Auckland to attend Queen Victoria School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar. [2]
Hopa later became the first Māori woman to complete a D.Phil degree from the University of Oxford. [2] [3] [4]
Hopa participated as a researcher at the University of Waikato in completing the research that informed the Waikato Raupatu claim.
Hopa headed the Māori Studies department at the University of Auckland. [5] [6]
Beginning in 1989, while she was a senior research fellow at Waikato, Hopa became a member of the Waitangi Tribunal. She retired from the tribunal in 1993. [7]
Hopa died on 30 April 2024 at the age of 88. [1] [8]
In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hopa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori. [9]
In 2011 Hopa was recognised for her contribution to Māori arts by Creative New Zealand, receiving its Te Waka Toi awards. [10] [11]
Hopa's collaboration with Jennifer Curnow and Jane McRae, Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers was included as part of the Te Takarangi Significant Maori non-fiction publications in 2017. [12] The list is a collaboration between Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga and The Royal Society of New Zealand to celebrate Maori thinkers, writers, and authors since the foundation of the Royal Society. [13] In 2017, Hopa was also selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's " 150 women in 150 words", celebrating women's contributions to knowledge in New Zealand. [14]
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