Poia Rewi is a professor and the former head of Te Tumu: School of Maori, Pacific, and Indigenous Studies at the

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, New Zealand. He is known for his work in the areas of the revitalisation of the

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and (Māori oratory). He is a Fellow of the

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Education and career

He graduated from the

in 2005 with a

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(PhD) in Maori Studies with a thesis entitled, . This was the first thesis at the university to be written entirely in Māori.

Awards

In March 2021, Rewi was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, with recognition that he is "one of the most active research specialists in Māori culture, language revitalisation, oral history and performing arts".

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:

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. *Rewi, P. (2010). ''Whaikōrero: The world of Māori oratory''.

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. *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:

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. *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:

Personal life

Rewi is of Ngati Manawa,

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and Tuhoe descent.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rewi Poia New Zealand Māori academics University of Otago alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand Ngāti Manawa people Te Arawa people Ngāi Tūhoe people