Whatarangi Winiata

Whatarangi Winiata
Born(1935-07-22)22 July 1935
Hokio, New Zealand
Died3 June 2026(2026-06-03) (aged 90)
OccupationAcademic
Known forFounding Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Awards
  • Lifetime Achievement Award, National Māori Language Awards (2018)
  • Te Whare Pūkenga Award,
    National Iwi Chairs Forum (2022)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
ThesisUnited States managerial investment in Japan, 1950–1964: an interview study (1966)
Academic work
Institutions

Whatarangi Winiata (22 July 1935 – 3 June 2026) was a New Zealand accountant, academic and Māori leader. From 1994 to 2007, he was chief executive of Te Wānanga o Raukawa, a Māori tertiary education institution. He had been professor of accountancy at the Victoria University of Wellington from 1974. He was the inaugural president of the Māori Party, serving from 2004 to 2009.[1][2][3][4][5]

Early life and career

Winiata was born on 22 July 1935 at Hokio in Horowhenua.[6][7] He was affiliated with the Māori iwi Ngāti Raukawa.[8][7] He was the second Māori to graduate with a Bachelor of Commerce degree, from Victoria University College in 1957.[7]

He earned MBA and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan. He lived also in Canada working at the University of British Columbia. In about 1975, he and his family returned to New Zealand.[7]

Winiata worked establishing and revitalising te reo Māori for Ngāti Raukawa, having observed that there were no Māori language speakers under the age of 30 in 1975 within the tribe. Winiata was the architect of the 25-year Whakatupuranga Rua Mano (Generation 2000) iwi development programme that led to the establishment of Te Wānanga o Raukawa based in Ōtaki. Ōtaki is a bilingual town, with Māori spoken in 50% of its homes.[9][10]

Hirini Moko Mead said of Winiata, he is "a leading thinker of the Māori world, and of te ao Pākehā as well".[11]

Winiata was founding president of the Māori Party.[8][12]

Personal life and death

Winiata married Francie Aratema in 1961 and they had four children.[7] He died on 3 June 2026, at the age of 90.[13]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Māori at Victoria—A brief history". Victoria University of Wellington. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Short bio – Whatarangi Winiata" (PDF). Ako Aotearoa. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Whatarangi Winiata, B.Com". Te Ao Hou – the New World. 31: 58–59. June 1960. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "2005 – Professor Whatarangi Winiata". Radio New Zealand. 14 February 2005. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Departing president urges Maori Party to stick with Govt". Radio New Zealand. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Death search: registration number 2026/16589". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Whatarangi Winiata". www.komako.org.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Winiata, Whatarangi, 1935–". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  9. 1 2 "Professor Whatarangi Winiata". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Raukawa Wananga recognised as University". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  11. 1 2 "Premier award for academic hailed as a legend of Māoridom". RNZ. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  12. ↑ "Te Paati Māori – About us". Te Pāti Māori. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "Prof Whatarangi Winiata, renowed[sic] Māori academic and leader, dies". 1News. 4 June 2026. Retrieved 8 June 2026.
  14. ↑ Team, Waatea (22 November 2022). "Tohu recognises mahi of Professor Whatarangi Winiata". Waatea News: Māori Radio Station. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
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