Taiarahia Black
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Taiarahia Black | |
|---|---|
 Black in 2007 | |
| Alma mater | Massey University |
| Relatives | Otere Black (son) |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Massey University |
| Thesis | |
Taiarahia Black is a New Zealand academic, who rose to a full professor at the Massey University.
After completing an undergraduate degree at the University of Waikato, he moved to Massey in 1981. His PhD 'Kāore te aroha-- : te hua o te wānanga' , completed at Massey University in 2000, was the first PhD thesis at any university to be published in te reo Māori.[1][2][3][4] Black later became a professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatāne.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
Black was appointed to the council of Creative New Zealand[11][12] by Maggie Barry, Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.[13]
