Wiremu Doherty is a

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educationalist and academic of Tūhoe and

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descent. He is the past-principal of the first kaupapa Māori school. He received his PhD in education from the

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in 2010 and is currently a professor at

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and chair of the Māori strategy committee for

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Doherty, Wiremu Academic staff of Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Living people Ngāti Awa people Ngāi Tūhoe people University of Auckland alumni Māori language revivalists Year of birth missing (living people) New Zealand Māori academics