Rawinia Ruth Higgins is a New Zealand academic whose research focuses on Māori language and culture.[2]
Rawinia Higgins | |
|---|---|
 Higgins in 2020 | |
| Awards | Pou Aronui award (2020) FRSNZ (2021) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Otago |
| Thesis | He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te Mana Motuhake o te ta moko wahine (2004) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael Reilly |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Victoria University of Wellington |
| Doctoral students | Elizabeth Kerekere[1] |
Research edit
Higgins' Master's thesis at the University of Otago was on the nature of transmission of oral histories,[3] while her 2004 PhD thesis, He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te Mana Motuhake o te ta moko wahine, was on the identity politics of female chin tattoos.[4][5] She was the Head of School at Te Kawa a Māui, School of Maori Studies at Victoria University and was appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor Māori at Victoria University of Wellington in 2016.[6][7]
Higgins has written Māori material for Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.[8] She has been a member of the Waitangi Tribunal[9] since 2013,[10] and is on the board of Te Māngai Pāho, the Māori Broadcast Funding Agency.[11] She is currently Chair of the Māori Language Commission.[12] Higgins has also served on the following boards, Te Kotahi a Tūhoe and the Tūhoe Fisheries Charitable Trust Board.[6]
Honours and awards edit
In November 2020, the Royal Society Te Apārangi awarded Higgins the Pou Aronui award for dedicated service to the humanities–aronui over a sustained period.[13] In March 2021, Higgins was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, recognising "her scholarly contributions have made a significant impact in sharing new discourse, insights and understanding of mātauranga Māori and challenging cultural norms".[14]
Personal life edit
Higgins is of Tūhoe descent. [citation needed]
References edit
- ^ Kerekere, Elizabeth (1 January 2017). Part of The Whānau: The Emergence of Takatāpui Identity – He Whāriki Takatāpui (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
- ^ "Associate Professor Rawinia Higgins | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". Maramatanga.co.nz. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Higgins, Rawinia Ruth (1999), He kupu tuku iho mo tenei reanga : Te ahua o te tuku korero (Master's thesis) (in Māori), OUR Archive, hdl:10523/3000, Wikidata Q112038346
- ^ "Dr Rawinia Higgins, University of Otago, New Zealand". Otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Higgins, Rawinia R (February 2004), He tanga ngutu, he Tuhoetanga te Mana Motuhake o te ta moko wahine: The identity politics of moko kauae (Doctoral thesis), OUR Archive, hdl:10523/157, Wikidata Q111965583
- ^ a b Indigenous peoples and the state : international perspectives on the Treaty of Waitangi. Mark Hickford, Carwyn Jones. London. 2019. ISBN 978-0-367-89544-0. OCLC 1124338401.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Māori". Victoria University of Wellington. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "1. Understanding tangihanga – Tangihanga – death customs – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Dr Rawinia Higgins — Waitangi Tribunal". Justice.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Minister announces Waitangi Tribunal Appointments". beehive.govt.nz. 24 December 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Te Māngai Pāho | Dr Rawinia Higgins". Tmp.govt.nz. Archived from the original on 29 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ Webb-Liddall, Alice (14 September 2019). "Meet Rawinia Higgins, our first woman Māori Language Commissioner". The Spinoff. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "2020 Research Honours Aotearoa winners celebrated at Government House". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.