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Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award

The award recognises researchers who have made a significant contribution to Maori education by conducting high quality research over an extended period of time. In making the award the NZARE Council adopts a broad definition of education and research and judges nominees' work according to the criteria of the disciplines in which they work. The award comprises a written citation, a taonga and a cash prize of $1500. The NZARE Council retains the right to make no award in any one year.

Previous recipients of Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award are:

1998: Linda Smith, University of Auckland
1999: Arohia Durie, Massey University
2001: Kuni Jenkins, University of Auckland
2002: Graham Smith, University of Auckland
2003: Russell Bishop, University of Waikato
2005: Wally Penetito, Victoria University of Wellington (Citation, PDF, 136KB)
2006: Margie Hohepa, University of Auckland (Citation, PDF, 192KB); also photo from ceremony.

Nominations

Nominees must be current NZARE members. Any NZARE member may make nominations.  Nominations must onclude details of the nominee’s qualifications, positions held, publications and an outline of the nominee’s contributions to research. 

These should be forwarded electronically to the NZARE Awards convenor at awards@nzare.org.nz by 1 September. The following must also be included:

• a letter of nomination from the NZARE nominator
• appropriate citations or letters of support
• email, postal, phone details of nominators and nominees 
• a recent colour photo of nominee
• current NZARE membership numbers and expiry dates of nominee and nominator (details can be obtained from admin@nzare.org.nz)