Margaret Mutu

Margaret Shirley Mutu is a Ngāti Kahu activist,[1] leader and academic from Auckland, New Zealand. Her iwi are Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua.[2]

She obtained a BSc in Mathematics, a MPhil in Māori Studies and a Ph.D. in Māori Studies specialising in linguistics.[3] She is now Professor of Māori Studies as well as head of department at University of Auckland.[4] She has taught Māori language and Treaty of Waitangi courses since 1986.[5]

Mutu is chairperson of the Ngāti Kahu runanga executive (the legal entity representing the iwi or tribe),[5] their chief negotiator for treaty settlements,[2] and spokesperson to the media.[6] In 2015, she was awarded the Pou Aronui Award "for her sustained contributions to indigenous rights and scholarship".[7]

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  1. "New Zealand Parliament". 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Margaret Mutu | Te Hiku Forum". tehiku.maori.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  3. "New Zealand Parliament". 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  4. "Margaret Mutu | Māori Studies (Te Wānanga o Waipapa)". 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 "Chairperson | Ngāti Kahu". ngatikahu.iwi.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  6. "Anger smoulders beneath idyllic veneer". stuff.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2011. Professor Margaret Mutu, a spokeswoman for the iwi, wants a court order to stop the proposed development of luxury apartments on their ancestral burial site. She refused to be drawn into an argument over who lit the fires.
  7. "Spotlight on top New Zealand researchers" (Press release). Royal Society of New Zealand. 10 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.


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