Ngapare Hopa

Ngapare Kaihina Hopa MNZM is a Maori academic of Waikato Tainui descent.

Hopa in 2008

Early life

Hopa attended Gordonton School in Gordonton.[1] Later she moved to Auckland to attend Queen Victoria School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar.[1]

Postgraduate study

Hopa later became the first Maori woman to complete a D.Phil degree from the University of Oxford.[1][2][3]

University of Waikato

Hopa participated as a researcher in completing the research that informed the Waikato Raupatu claim.

University of Auckland

Hopa headed the Maori Studies department at this university.[4][5]

Awards and honours

In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hopa was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori.[6]

In 2011 Hopa was recognised for her contribution to Maori arts by Creative New Zealand, receiving its Te Waka Toi awards.[7][8]

Hopa's collaboration with Jennifer Curnow and Jane McRae, Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers was included as part of the Te Takarangi Significant Maori non-fiction publications in 2017.[9] The list is a collaboration between Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga and The Royal Society of New Zealand to celebrate Maori thinkers, writers, and authors since the foundation of the Royal Society.[10]

Bibliography
  • Curnow, J., N. K. Hopa and J. McRae (Eds). (2002). Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers,. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-279-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)[11]

References
  1. "Oxford's first Maori Woman PhD remembers Gordonton School". Number 8 Network. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  2. K., Hopa, N. (1977). "Urban Maori Sodalities a study in social change". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Te Ahi Kaa 2 o Whiringa a rangi (October) 2011". Radio New Zealand. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. Pettersen, Morten Kjeldseth (2007). Kapa Haka: Traditional Maori Performing Arts in Contemporary Settings (PDF) (Masters Thesis). Oslo: University of Oslo.
  5. "APPOINTMENTS TO CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND". The Beehive. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  6. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2008". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  7. "Te Ahi Kaa 2 o Whiringa a rangi (October) 2011". Radio New Zealand. 30 September 2011. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. "Te Waka Toi Awards 2011". The Big Idea. 5 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  9. "Royal Society Te Apārangi - Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  10. "Royal Society Te Apārangi - About Te Takarangi: Celebrating Māori publications with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  11. Curnow, J., N. K. Hopa and J. McRae (Eds). (2002). Rere Atu, Taku Manu! Discovering History, Language & Politics in the Maori-Language Newspapers,. Auckland: Auckland University Press. ISBN 978-1-86940-279-2.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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