Hine Timutimi-Thorpe was born in Waitara. She was educated at Waitara, spent a year in Whakatane, and continued her education in New Plymouth’s Sacred Heart Girls’ College. She then went to Teachers’ College in Hamilton and concurrently did papers at Waikato University. Over the course of four years, she completed a Teachers’ Training Certificate and a B.Ed, graduating in 1985 and 1986. Her degree was in Education but she also did Psychology papers; she did a double major in education and psychology. After gaining her teacher’s certificate, Hine taught for two years at Belmont Primary School in Auckland. In 1988, she applied for a three-year training course in educational psychology in Dunedin. For the first two years, she completed an M.Ed and in the third year completed a Diploma in Educational Psychology. She graduated in 1990. She then went to Palmerston North and worked at the Special Education Service, Central District in 1991. Part way through 1991, she applied for a lectureship in Psychology at Massey. She was appointed in 1992 and worked to promote a Māori perspective in the psychology department.
Biographical sources
- Interview in August 1992.
Non-fiction
- Doing the Work: A Handbook for Students. Ed. Hine Timutimu-Thorpe. Dunedin, N.Z.: U. of Otago, Aug. 1991.
- Co-authored with Roseanna MacDonald.
- Getting Ready for Exams: A Handbook for Students. Ed. Hine Timutimu-Thorpe. Dunedin, N.Z.: U. of Otago, Aug. 1991.
- Co-authored with Roseanna MacDonald.
- Surviving the Year: A Handbook for Students. Ed. Hine Timutimu-Thorpe. Dunedin, N.Z.: U. of Otago, Aug.1991.
- Co-authored with Roseanna MacDonald.
- Names and Numbers: A Handbook for Students. Dunedin, N.Z.: U. of Otago, Māori Centre, Aug. 1991.
Other
- Tamariki Hunga Haua: Whanau Experiences of Children who have Disabilities.
- Unpublished report.
- Te Roopu Manaaki i te Hunga Haua (1988) Bicultural Issues In Community Integration For Persons Who Have Intellectual Disabilities: Implications Of The Treaty Of Waitangi. Dunedin, N.Z.: New Zealand Institute of Mental Retardation, 1988.
- An oral presentationg by Hine is published in this report.
- "Promoting Successful Learning For Māori Children." Special Education Service, Central Districts Psychological Team Mini-Conference. Palmerston North, N.Z. May 1992.
- An unpublished paper.