Poia Rewi

Poia Rewi is an academic of Ngati Manawa, Te Arawa and Tuhoe descent. He is a professor and the head of Te Tumu: School of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1][2] He is renowned for his work in the areas of the revitalisation of the Maori language and whaikorero (Maori oratory).[3][4][5]

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 to be written entirely in the Maori language.[6]

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.

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. Poia, Rewi (June 2005). "Te Ao o te Whaikōrero" (in Maori). hdl:10523/5155. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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