The Te Rangi Hiroa Medal is a

social science Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among members within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the ...

s award given by the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. The medal was established in 1996 and is named in memory of

Te Rangi Hīroa Sir Peter Henry Buck ( October 18771 December 1951), also known as Te Rangi Hīroa or Te Rangihīroa, was a New Zealand anthropologist and an expert on Māori culture, Māori and Polynesian cultures who served many roles through his life: as a ...

, also known as Sir Peter Buck, a New Zealand medical practitioner,

anthropologist An anthropologist is a scientist engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropologists study aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms, values ...

and Director of the

Bishop Museum The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, designated the Hawaii State Museum of Natural and Cultural History, is a museum of history and science in the historic Kalihi district of Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu. Founded in 1 ...

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; ) is an island U.S. state, state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two Non-contiguous United States, non-contiguous U.S. states (along with Alaska), it is the only sta ...

in the first half of the 20th century. It was initially granted annually. It is currently a biennial award. It is awarded for work in one of four disciplines: historical approaches to societal transformation and change; current issues in cultural diversity and cohesion; social and economic policy and development; and

medical anthropology Medical anthropology studies "human health and disease, health care systems, and biocultural adaptation". It views humans from multidimensional and ecological perspectives. It is one of the most highly developed areas of anthropology and appli ...

(this last discipline was added in 2006). It was formerly awarded for each discipline in rotation; starting in 2017, it is awarded in any of the four disciplines in each round. Recipients are: *1997:

Joan Metge Dame Alice Joan Metge (born 21 February 1930) is a New Zealand social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer. Biography Metge was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Roskill on 21 February 1930, the daughter of Alice Mary Metge (née Ri ...

*1998: not awarded *1999: Jack Vowles *2000: not awarded *2001: Erik Newland Olssen *2003: Greta Regina Aroha Yates-Smith *2005: Alistair John Cluny Macpherson *2007: not awarded *2009: Ian Pool *2011: Colleen Ward *2013: not awarded *2015: Ruth Fitzgerald *2017: Tracey McIntosh and Murray Cox *2019: Edwina Pio *2021: Linda Waimarie Nikora *2023: Clive Aspin

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{{reflist 1996 establishments in New Zealand New Zealand awards Royal Society of New Zealand Social sciences awards

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