Poia Rewi is a professor and the former head of Te Tumu: School of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1][2] He is known for his work in the areas of the revitalisation of the Māori language and whaikorero (Māori oratory).[3][4][5] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.

Education and career

He graduated from the University of Otago in 2005 with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Maori Studies with a thesis entitled, Te Ao o te Whaikōrero.[6] This was the first thesis at the university to be written entirely in Māori.[7]

Awards

In March 2021, Rewi was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, with recognition that he is "one of the most active research specialists in Māori culture, language revitalisation, oral history and performing arts".[8]

Selected works

  • Rewi, P. (2006). Te Rakiraki Anuanu! In P. Walker & H. Raven (Eds.), Te Tū a Te Toka: He Ieretanga nō ngā Tai e Whā. (pp. 17–20). Wellington, New Zealand: Toi Māori Aotearoa.
  • Rewi, P. (2010). Whaikōrero: The world of Māori oratory. Auckland University Press.
  • As editor: Hokowhitu, B., Kermoal, N., Andersen, C., Petersen, A., Reilly, M., Altamirano-Jiménez, I., & Rewi, P. (Eds.). (2010). Indigenous identity and resistance: Researching the diversity of knowledge. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
  • Rewi, P. (2010). Culture: Compromise or perish! In B. Hokowhitu, N. Kermaol, C. Andersen, A. Petersen, M. Reilly, I. Altamirano-Jiménez & P. Rewi (Eds.), Indigenous identity and resistance: Researching the diversity of knowledge. (pp. 55–74). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.

Personal life

Rewi is of Ngati Manawa, Te Arawa and Tuhoe descent.

References

  1. ↑ "Banding together to promote use of te reo". Otago Daily Times Online News. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Professor Poia Rewi". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Top Māori experts meet govt to develop education initiatives". Māori Television. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "App helps health professionals learn medical terms in te reo". Māori Television. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Rewi, Poia (2010). Whaikōrero: The world of Māori oratory. Auckland: Auckland University Press.
  6. ↑ Rewi, Poia (2005). Te Ao o te Whaikōrero (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/5155.
  7. ↑ Rewi, Poia (June 2005), Te Ao o te Whaikōrero (Doctoral thesis) (in Māori), OUR Archive, hdl:10523/5155, Wikidata Q111965712
  8. ↑ "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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