Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou
Dr Linda Tuhiwai Smith is a Distinguished Professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. She is from Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, and Tūhourangi. Distinguished Professor Smith is known internationally for her work on decolonising research methodologies, Indigenous education, and kaupapa Māori.
She was the founding Co-Director of Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga - the Māori Centre of Research Excellence and has held several senior academic roles at the University of Auckland and Waikato University. She has served on the Health Research Council, the Marsden Fund Council, the Royal Society of New Zealand Council, and is currently Deputy Chair of Council of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
She is a Fellow of the American Education Research Association, a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and an Honorary International Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Distinguished Professor Smith is a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Her publications include Decolonising Methodologies, Research, and Indigenous Peoples (1999, 2012, 2021), The International Handbook of Indigenous Education, co-edited with Elizabeth McKinley (2017), and A Civilising Mission? The Making of New Zealand’s Native School System 1867-1969 (2001) co-edited with J.Simon, F.Cram, M. Hoheepa, and S.McNaughton. Dr Smith was appointed to the Tribunal in 2016.