Graham Smith (Māori academic)

Graham Smith CNZM FRSNZ
Smith in 2014
Born	Graham Hingangaroa Smith 1950 (age 74–75)
Spouse	Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland
Thesis	The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis (1997)
Academic work
Institutions	Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi University of Auckland
Doctoral students	Makere Stewart-Harawira

Graham Hingangaroa Smith CNZM FRSNZ (born 1950) is a New Zealand Māori academic and educationalist of Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Apa and Ngāti Kahungunu descent. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Career

Smith grew up with his grandmother in the Wairarapa region. He received a scholarship to a private boarding school in Auckland, which led to university and a teaching career.[1]

After a Diploma of Teaching and a PhD at the University of Auckland,[2] he was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Māori) there for five years. He is now CEO and vice-chancellor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.[3] He is also a principal investigator at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.[4]

Notable doctoral students of Smith include Makere Stewart-Harawira.[5]

Awards

In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, Smith was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and education.[6] In March 2021, Smith was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising his "research and practice have been foundational to the development of Kaupapa Māori theorizing and 'transforming praxis'".[7]

Personal life

He is married to fellow academic Linda Tuhiwai Smith.[8]

Publications

• The development of kaupapa Maori: Theory and praxis. 1997.[9]
• Indigenous struggle for the transformation of education and schooling. 2003.[10]
• Protecting and respecting indigenous knowledge. Chapter by Smith, Graham Hingangaroa in: Reclaiming Indigenous voice and vision, 2000.[11]
• Reform and Maori educational crisis: A grand illusion. 1991.[12]
• "Do you guys hate Aucklanders too?" Youth: voicing difference from the rural heartland. 2002.[13]

References

1. Perkins, Miki (13 December 2008). "Maori educator still seeks the right answers". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
2. Smith, Graham (1997). The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis (PhD thesis). University of Auckland. hdl:2292/623.
3. "Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi | Staff Profiles". Wananga.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
4. "Professor Graham Smith | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". Maramatanga.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
5. Stewart-Harawira, Makere (2002). Globalisation and the Return to Empire: an Indigenous Response = Te torino whakahaere, whakamuri (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
6. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2014". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
7. "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
8. The Public Relations and Marketing Office (9 March 2007). "Eminent Education Leader Appointed to Top Post at Waikato University". Waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
9. Smith, Graham Hingangaroa (1997). The development of kaupapa Maori: theory and praxis (PhD thesis). University of Auckland. Archived from the original on 16 October 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
10. Smith, Graham Hingangaroa (October 2003). "Indigenous Struggle for the Transformation of Education and Schooling". CiteSeerX 10.1.1.603.1987.
11. Battiste, Marie Ann, ed. (2000). Reclaiming indigenous voice and vision. AUT Library: UBC Press Vancouver. ISBN 978-0-7748-0745-6. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
12. Smith, Graham Hingangaroa (December 1991). "Reform & Maori Crisis: A Grand Illusion" (PDF). Rangahau. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
13. Smith, Linda Tuhiwai; Smith, Graham H.; et al. (April 2002). ""Do you guys hate Aucklanders too?" Youth: voicing difference from the rural heartland" (PDF). Journal of Rural Studies. 18 (2): 169–178. doi:10.1016/S0743-0167(01)00037-7.

External links

• google scholar
• institutional homepage