Hirini Moko Mead

Sir Hirini Moko Mead is a pre-eminent M ori writer, commentator and scholar. In the course of a distinguished academic career he authored numerous books on M ori art (including Te Toi Whakairo: The Art of Maori Carving, with Oratia Books) and developed the first Department of M ori Studies in the country at Victoria University. He was knighted in 2009 for services to M ori and education. A leader of his iwi (tribe) Ng ti Awa, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Sir Hirini Moko Mead is a pre-eminent M ori writer, commentator and scholar. In the course of a distinguished academic career he authored numerous books on M ori art (including Te Toi Whakairo: The Art of Maori Carving, with Oratia Books) and developed the first Department of M ori Studies in the country at Victoria University. He was knighted in 2009 for services to M ori and education. A leader of his iwi (tribe) Ng ti Awa, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand. See less