Whatarangi Winiata

Whatarangi Winiata
Born1934
Hokio, Horowhenua
NationalityNgāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Pareraukawa
CitizenshipNew Zealander
Occupationacademic
AwardsLifetime Achievement Award, National Māori Language Awards 2018 Te Whare Pūkenga Award, National Iwi Chairs Forum 2022
Academic background
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington & University of Michigan
Academic work
Notable worksFounding Te Wānanga o Raukawa

Whatarangi Winiata is a New Zealand accountant, academic, and Māori leader. From 1994 to 2007, he was Chief Executive of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, a Māori tertiary education institution. He had been Professor of Accountancy at the Victoria University of Wellington from 1974. He is a former President of the Māori Party, serving from the party's creation in 2004 to 2009.[1][2][3][4][5]

Biography

Hokio in Manawatū is the place Winiata was born in 1935, he is affiliated with the Māori iwi Ngāti Raukawa.[6][7] He was the second Māori to graduate with a degree of Bachelor of Commerce from Victoria University of Wellington in 1957.[7]

Winiata has an MBA and PhD from the University of Michigan. He lived also in Canada working at the University of British Columbia. In about 1975 he and his family returned to New Zealand.[7]

His work establishing and revitalising Maori language for Ngāti Raukawa that saw there were no te reo Māori speakers under the age of 30 in 1975 within the tribe. Dr. Winiata is recognised as the architect of the 25-year Whakatupuranga Rua Mano (Generation 2000) iwi development programme that birthed Te Wānanga o Raukawa based in Ōtaki. Ōtaki is a bilingual town, with 'Māori spoken in 50% of its homes'.[8][9]

Hirini Moko Mead said of Winiata he is "a leading thinker of the Māori world, and of te ao Pākehā as well."[10]

Winiata was founding President of the Māori Party to support co-leaders Tariana Turia and Pita Sharples.[6][11]

Awards

2018 - Lifetime Achievement Award, National Māori Language Awards[8]

2022 - Te Whare Pūkenga Award, National Iwi Chairs Forum for being a 'living taonga'[10][12]

Personal life

Winiata married Francie Aratema in 1961 and they had four children.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Māori at Victoria—A brief history". Victoria University of Wellington. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Short bio – Whatarangi Winiata" (pdf). Ako Aotearoa. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Whatarangi Winiata, B.Com". Te Ao Hou – The New World. 31: 58–59. June 1960. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ^ "2005 – Professor Whatarangi Winiata". Radio New Zealand. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Departing president urges Maori Party to stick with Govt". Radio New Zealand. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Winiata, Whatarangi, 1935-". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c d "Whatarangi Winiata". www.komako.org.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Professor Whatarangi Winiata". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Raukawa Wananga recognised as University". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Premier award for academic hailed as a legend of Māoridom". RNZ. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  11. ^ "Te Paati Māori - About us". Te Pāti Māori. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  12. ^ Team, Waatea (22 November 2022). "Tohu recognises mahi of Professor Whatarangi Winiata". Waatea News: Māori Radio Station. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
Party political offices
New title President of the Māori Party
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