Tā Hirini Moko Mead FRSNZ receives Lifetime Achievement Awarded at 2022 Matariki Awards
...Mead (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Tūhourangi) has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Whakaata Māori 2022 Matariki Awards, Ngā Tohu o Matariki o te Tau, alongside Emeritus Professor Dr Whatarangi Winiata (Ngāti Raukawa).
In his 95 years, Tā Hirini Moko Mead has worked as an anthropologist, historian, artist, teacher and more. He was the first Professor of Māori Studies at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, where he developed the first stand-alone Māor...