Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith née Mead

Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou

1950 -

Linda Smith was born in Whakatāne and attended primary schools in Minginui, Waimarama, Whakawhitira and Whatawhata. She continued her schooling at Waikato Diocesan and Auckland Girls’ Grammar, as well as spending some time in an American high school. From 1974-75, she trained as a teacher at Auckland Primary Teachers’ College and graduated with a Diploma of Teaching in 1975. From 1976-84, Smith taught in three multicultural intermediate schools: Arahanga in South Auckland, Kowhai in Central Auckland, and Avondale in West Auckland. She then took up the position of Guidance Counsellor at Auckland Girls’ Grammar School from Alongside teaching, Smith furthered her studies at the University of Auckland, graduating with a B.A. (1975), an MA (First Class Hons) (1987) and a PhD in Education (1996).

In 1986 she was appointed Research Co-ordinator of the Family Management of Asthma project team at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Greenline Hospital. In 1987 she took up a Senior Lectureship (half-time) in the Education Department at Auckland University; in 1991 this was converted into a full-time position. In 1997 Smith was appointed Associate Professor in the Education Department and from 1998-2002 was Director of the International Research Institute for Māori and Indigenous Education IRI. In 2001 Smith was appointed to a Personal Chair – Professor of Education at the University of Auckland. In the following year, she became Joint Director of Nga Pae o Te Maramatanga (Horizons of Insight) The National Institute of Research Excellence in Māori Development and Advancement - a Centre of Research Excellence hosted by the University of Auckland.

Smith has been a visiting scholar at various tertiary institutions including the University of Wisconsin, the Ontario Institute of Education, and the First Nations House of Learning at the University of British Columbia (1999). She was Adjunct Faculty Member of the Roy Wilkins Forum, Hubert Humphreys Institute, University of Minnesota from 1997-2001. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2003) and the University of Washington (2004), and was a Noted Scholar at the University of British Columbia (2004).

Smith has been employed as an education consultant for Te Puna Kokiri in Wellington. In 2002 she was convenor of “Researching With Others”, a multidisciplinary conference on research at Waipapa Marae, University of Auckland. In 2004 she was co-convenor with Associate Professor Michael Walker of “Traditional Knowledge and Research Ethics” at Te Papa National Museum. From 1984-1989, she was a member of Te Komiti O Nga Kura Kaupapa Māori O Tamaki Makaurau and in 1984 was a founding member of the establishment group for Kura Kaupapa Māori. From 1989-2000, she was a member of Te Matawhanui – National Organisation of Māori University Teachers.

Smith writes non-fiction articles, chapters, publications, keynote speeches and short stories. Her PhD thesis is on the development of literacy in Māori language. She was editor of Te Pua (the journal of Māori Women’s Writing at Auckland University) in 1991.

Smith has received various awards including the Senior prize in Education in 1985, Churchill Fellowship in 1991, the 1998 Jean Herbison Lecture (Award) New Zealand Association of Research in Education NZARE, the 1998 Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti, New Zealand Association for Research in Education NZARE Inaugural award for Research Excellence in Māori Education, she was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013, for services to Māori and education, and in 2015 she received the NZ Association for Research in Education: McKenzie award for making a significant contribution to educational research and to the NZARE over an extended period of time.



Biographical sources

  • Correspondence with Professor Linda Smith, 5 May 1993, and 29 Nov. 2004.
  • http://www.maoritelevision.com/news/education/linda-tuhiwai-smith-acknowledged-contribution-maori-education 9 September 2016

    Fiction

  • "Some Notes on ‘Being Constructed’: The View From My Grandmother’s Verandah." Te Pua. 1.1 (Sept. 1992): 59-64.
  • Smith examines the processes which construct the image of Māori women and focuses on the significant childhood experiences that impacted on her own identity as a Māori woman including the role of her grandmother and her grandmother’s Anglican faith. She writes eleven pointers which prescribe the scope of ‘a good Māori girl or woman or mother’ and discusses her iwi affiliations.
  • "Te Ata Hapara...A Tale." Te Pua 2.1 & 2 (1993): 44-51. Rpt. as "Baby Lu." Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 40-47. Rpt. in Homeland. Ed. Frank Stewart. Feature Ed. Reina Whaitiri and Robert Sullivan. Honolulu, HI: Hawai’i UP, 1997. 206-212. Mānoa 9.1
  • Amidst a detailed portrayal of Baby Lu, lynch pin of her local marae, and marshal of the marae proceedings, another drama unfolds as a local woman brings a stranger back to the marae for a tangi and his own whanau forcefully claim him back. Smith writes that this story was ‘first performed at the Māori Women Writers Festival held at Te Taumata Art Gallery, September 1993. Since then it has been elaborated somewhat and given an ending. It is the beginning of what I hope will be a mystery thriller.’
  • "Baby Lu." Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 40-47. Rpt. in Manoa A Pacific Journal of Indigenous Writing. Hawaii: U of Hawaii, 1996. 206-212.
  • "Hinepukohurangi." Te Ao Mārama: Contemporary Māori Writing. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 5: Te Torino: The Spiral. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1996. 47-53.
  • A poignant tale of the grim life of a Māori woman drawn to the city by government promises of work opportunities and years later disengaging from a violent marriage and returning from Australia to her home village where her story can finally be told.
  • "An Interview With A Tree." Fisheries and Commodifying Iwi, Economics, Politics and Colonisation 3 (1998): 73-76.

  • Non-fiction

  • "A Letter to the Teacher." English in New Zealand 37 (1985). No further details.
  • "Is ‘Taha Māori’ in Schools the Answer to Māori School Failure?" Nga Kete Waananga...Readers in Māori Education: "Māori Perspectives of Taha Māori". Ed. Graham Smith. [Auckland, N.Z.]: Auckland College of Education, 1986. No further details.
  • "Te Rāpunga I Te Ao Mārama: The Search for the World of Light." Nga Kete Waananga: Te Kete Tuatahi. Ed. Graham Smith. [Auckland, N.Z.: Māori Studies Dept., Auckland College of Education], 1986. 1-12. Rpt. in Growing Up: The Politics of Human Learning. Ed. T. Linzey and J. Morss. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1991. No further details.
  • In this paper Smith discusses the implications and assumptions of research, noting cultural biases, power relations, public and private knowledge, and who gains from research with particular reference to research directed towards Māori.
  • "Seeing Through The Magic: Māori Strategies Of Resistance." Delta 37 [Palmerston North, N.Z.]: Education Dept., Massey U, 1986. 3-8.
  • Smith notes the powerful role of schools in defining and controlling Māori identity.
  • "Te Reo Māori: The Struggle To Survive." Access: Critical Perspectives on Education Policy 8.1 (1988): 3-9.
  • "Asthma Morbidity: The Influence of Patient and Family Knowledge and Self Management Behaviour." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine 19 (supp. 1 1989): 658.
  • Co-authored with H. Rea, S. McNaughton, J. Mulder, M. I. Asher, E. Mitchell, G. Taylor, E. Seelye, and A. Stewart.
  • "Kei Hea Tatou E Ahu Ana? Which Way In Education?" Access: Critical Perspectives on Education Policy 8.2 (1989): 2-8.
  • Co-authored with Graham Hingangaroa Smith.
  • "Which Way in Māori Education?" National Education 71.4 (Nov. 1989). No further details.
  • Co-authored with Graham Hingangaroa Smith.
  • Some Implications For Research Within Kura Kaupapa Māori Classrooms. 1989.
  • Co-authored with Stuart McNaughton and Graham Hingangaroa Smith. No further details.
  • "On Being Culturally Sensitive: The Art Of Gathering And Eating Kina Without Pricking Yourself On The Finger." New Zealand Association of Counsellors Journal 12.1 (Sept. 1990): 47-53.
  • Keynote Address at the New Zealand Psychological Conference held at Auckland University.
  • "A Tool For Competency of Families." Journal of Psychosomatic Research. Oxford: Pergamon, 1991. 483-491.
  • Co-authored with G. Taylor, H. H. Rea, S. McNaughton, J. Mulder, M. I. Asher, E. Mitchell, E. Seelye, and A. Stewart.
  • "Engaging in History: Kura Kaupapa Māori and The Implications for Curriculum." School Curriculum in New Zealand: History, Theory, Policy and Practice. Ed. G. McCullock. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1991. No further details.
  • "A Curriculum For Education – Not Assimilation." Curriculum Core or Corset?: Community and Business Views. New Zealand Planning Council. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council, 1991. No further details.
  • "Te Rapunga i Te Ao Marama." Growing Up: The Politics of Human Learning. Ed. T. Linzey & J. Morss. Auckland, N.Z.: Longman Paul, 1991.
  • "Māori Women: Discourses, Projects and Mana Wahine." Women and Education in Aotearoa 2. Ed. Sue Middleton and Alison Jones. Wellington, N.Z.: Bridget Williams, 1992. 33-51.
  • Smith asserts that Māori women are part of a group constructed as ‘Other’ by Pakeha patriarchies and feminisms and she writes of the desire of Māori women to ‘assume control over the interpretation of [their] struggles and to begin to theorise [their] experiences in ways which make sense for [them]’. Smith presents four discourses on mana wahine: the whanau discourse, the spiritual discourse, the state discourse and the indigenous women’s discourse. She concludes by considering the relationship between Māori women and Pakeha women’s projects, and the different experiences of Māori men and women in the era of colonisation.
  • "Editor’s Notes." Te Pua 1.1 (Sept. 1992): v-vi.
  • Smith writes about the formation of Puawaitanga and its goal of encouraging Māori women’s writing. The theme of the first edition of Te Pua, she states, centres on identity issues for Māori women.
  • "Te Kohanga Reo Hei Tikanga Ako i Te Reo Māori: Te Kohanga Reo as a context for Language Learning." Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology 12.3 and 4 (Double Issue 1992): 333-346.
  • Co-authored with Margie Hohepa, Graham Hingangaroa Smith, and Stuart McNaughton.
  • "Māori Education: A Reassertion." Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. New Zealand Planning Council. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council/Te Kaunihera Whakakaupapa mo Aotearoa, 1990. 61-70. An extract is rpt in Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 218-222.
  • In this paper, Smith examines the impact of the Pakeha educationalists on Māori youth over the last 150 years, and notes how successive layers of Māori belief-systems, practices and language were systematically stripped by the New Zealand education system until finally within the last twenty years there has been a concerted vision within the Māori world to step in and reassert the traditional Māori teaching methods. Smith looks at Te Kōhanga Reo, Te ātāarangi, work schemes, tribal waananga, Kura Kaupapa Māori and the role of Māori women in asserting the importance of linking the education of Māori children with the home and school, and validating matauranga Māori.
  • "Māori Education – A Reassertion." He Puna Wairere: Essays by Māori. New Zealand Planning Council. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Planning Council, 1991. 61-70. An extract is rpt. in Te Ao Mārama: Regaining Aotearoa: Māori Writers Speak Out. Comp. and ed. Witi Ihimaera. Contributing ed. Haare Williams, Irihapeti Ramsden and D. S. Long. Vol. 2: He Whakaatanga O Te Ao: The Reality. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed, 1993. 218-222.
  • "The Women of Nga Tamatoa: Young Radical Māori Activists in the 1970s." Standing in the Sunshine: A History of New Zealand Women Since They Won the Vote. Principal author and principal researcher - text and illustrations Sandra Coney. Editorial advisers - Charlotte Macdonald, Anne Else, Dame Joan Metge, Tania Rei, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Angela Ballara, Merimeri Penfold, and Rosemarie Smith. Auckland, N.Z.: Viking, Penguin, 1993. 144-145.
  • Smith writes a history of Nga Tamatoa and outlines its protest activity directed at Treaty grievances, its promotion of Māori language, and the leadership role of its women.
  • "Getting Out from Down Under: Māori Women, Education and The Struggles for Mana Wahine." Education, Gender and Social Justice. Ed. M. Arnot & K. Weiler. London, UK: Falmer, 1993. No further details.
  • "Te Rapunga I Te Ao Māori." Issues of Research and Māori. Ed. M. K. Hohepa and G. H. Smith. Monograph 9. Auckland, N.Z.: Research Unit for Māori Education, Education Dept., U of Auckland, 1993. No further details.
  • "Editorial." Te Pua 3.1 (1994): 5-6.
  • Smith comments on how Māori were positioned and represented in the Women’s Suffrage Year and in the Year of the Family, and discusses the impact of negative stereotyping on the Māori.
  • "In Search of a Language and a Shareable Imaginative World: E Kore Taku Moe E Riro i a Koe." HECATE: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Women’s Liberation 20.2 (1994): 162-174. Rpt. In Feminist Thought in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Differences and Connections. Ed. Rosemary Du Plessis and Lynne Alice. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1998. 95-103.
  • In this paper Smith states: "[t]his paper uses the metaphor of a journey...to discuss the development of my current research, to signpost the sets of ideas that I have explored, to define my areas of interest and shifts of direction, and to identify some of the complexities that excite, frustrate, and engage me.’ Smith describes her journey examining cultural literacies and their limitations, assessing the effects of academic education on Māori students and the gap between Kura Kaupapa Māori and cultural discourses. She discusses the problem of representation of Māori, the positioning of Māori in the education system through pedagogy, school curriculum and the relationship between language and representation.
  • Myths and Realities: Schooling in New Zealand. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1990. 2nd ed. 1994.
  • Co-authored with A. Jones, G. McCulloch, J. Marshall and G. H. Smith.
  • Foreword. Hukarere: the Politics of Māori Girls Schooling 1893-1995. Ed. K. Jenkins and K. Morris Matthews. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1995.
  • "Indigenous Women And The Problem Of Positionality." Contemporary Racism in Australia, Canada and New Zealand: Selected papers from the Conference on Racism, Aboriginality, Ethnicity and Gender, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. December 9-11 1993. Ed. Jock Collings. Broadway, NSW, Austral.: Faculty of Business, U of Technology, Sydney, 1995. No further details.
  • "New Mythologies in Māori Education." Nga Patai. Ed. P. Spoonley, David Pearson and Cluny Macpherson. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1996. 217-234. Rpt. in Education Policy, The International Library of Comparative Public Policy. Ed. James Marshall and Michael Peters. Vol. 12. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elger, 1999. 660-677.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith.
  • "Decolonising Intellectual Identity: Māori/Woman/Academic." Cultural Politics and the University in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ed. M. Peters. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Dunmore, 1997. 211-238.
  • "Energy With Synergy." Safeguard 43 (May/June 1997): 30-33.
  • "In Search Of A Language And A Shareable Imaginative World: E Kore Taku Moe E Riro I A Koe." Feminist Thought in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Difference and Connections. Ed. Rosemary Du Plessis and Lynne Alice. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford UP, 1998. 95-103.
  • "Towards the New Millennium: International Issues and Projects in Indigenous Research." Te Oru Rangahau Māori Research and Development Proceedings. Palmerston North, N.Z.: Massey U, 1998. 12-31. Rpt. in He Pukenga Korero: A Journal of Māori Studies 4.1 (1998): 43-61
  • Nga Kura Māori: The Native Schools System 1867-1969. J. Simon, L. T. Smith. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland University Press, 1998.
  • Co-authored with A. Jones, G. McCulloch, J. Marshall, and G. H. Smith.
  • "Singing in the Wind: Māori Women in the Academy." Winds of Change Conference Proceedings. Vol. 2. 1999. 448-455. No further details.
  • "Kaupapa Māori Research." Reclaiming Indigenous Vision. Ed. Marie Battiste. Vancouver: UBC, 1999. 225-247.
  • "Connecting Pieces: Finding The Indigenous Presence In The History Of Women’s Education." Telling Women’s Lives: narrative inquiries in the history of women’s education. Ed. Kathleen Weiler and Sue Middleton. Buckingham [England]; Philadelphia: Open UP, 1999. 60-72.
  • Working With Māori: A Beginners Guide For Employers. Auckland, N.Z.: Equal Opportunities Trust, 1999.
  • Co-authored with Graham Hingangaroa Smith and Trudie McNaughton.
  • Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London, UK; Dunedin, N.Z.: Zed Books; Otago UP, 1999.
  • "Creating Anthologies And Other Dangerous Practices." Educational Theory 50 (Fall 2000): 521-532.
  • "Troubling Spaces." Journal of Critical Psychology 4: Under The Covers." (Oct. 2001): 176-182.
  • A Civilising Mission? The Making of New Zealand’s Native Schools System 1867-1969. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland UP, 2001.
  • Co-authored by J. Simon, F. Cram, M. K. Hohepa, and A. McNaughton.
  • "Do You Guys Hate Aucklanders Too? Youth: Voicing Difference From The Rural Heartland." Journal for Rural Studies 18 (2002): 169-178.
  • Co-authored with M. Boler, G. H. Smith, M. Kempton, A. Ormond, H. Chueh, and R. Waetford
  • "An Interview With Linda Tuhiwai Smith." Canadian Journal of Native Education 26.2 (2003): 169-186.
  • Co-authored with M. Battiste, L. Bell, and L. M. Findlay.
  • "Māori Health Research: By Māori And For Māori." Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (Nov. 2003). No further details.
  • Co-authored with C. Cram, T. McCreanor, R. Nairn, and W. Johnston.
  • "Māori Women Talk About Accessing Health Care." He Pukenga Kōrero: A Journal of Māori Studies 7.2 (2003): 1-8.
  • Co-authored with Fiona Cram.
  • "Mapping The Themes Of Māori Talk About Health." New Zealand Medical Journal: Journal Of The New Zealand Medical Association 116.1170 (2003): 7.
  • Co-authored with Fiona Cram and Wayne Johnstone.
  • AUSAD : analysis and use of student achievement data : final evaluation report. Wellington, N.Z.: Ministry of Education, c2004.
  • "Researching In The Margins: Issues For Māori Researchers – A Discussion Paper." Alternative: An International Journal Of Indigenous Scholarship (2006): sup. 4-27.
  • "Māori Education Under The Global Spotlight." Mana: The Māori News Magazine For All New Zealanders 68 (Feb./Mar. 2006): 26-27.
  • "Maori education under the global spotlight." Mana : the Maori news magazine for all New Zealanders (Feb/Mar 2006): 26-27.
  • "Foreword." Mātauranga taketake = Traditional knowledge : indigenous indicators of well-being : perspectives, practices, solutions, 2006. Ed. L.T. Smith and J.S. Te Rito. Auckland, N.Z. : Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2007.
  • "Decolonizing communication ethics: a framework for communicating Otherwise." The handbook of communication ethics. Ed. George Cheney, Steve May, Debashish Munshi. New York : Routledge, 2011.
  • Decolonizing methodologies : research and indigenous peoples (2nd ed.). London : Zed Books ; Dunedin, N.Z. : University of Otago Press, 2012.
  • "There must be better ways - evaluating changes. On being culturally sensitive, the art of gathering and eating kina without pricking yourself on the finger." Smith, Linda Tuhiwai .K a tū, ka oho : visions of a bicultural partnership in psychology : invited keynotes : revisiting the past to reset the future. Ed. Raymond Nairn. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Psychological Society, c2012
  • "The Future is Now." Inequality : a New Zealand crisis. Ed. Max Rashbrooke. Wellington, N.Z. : Bridget Williams Books, 2013.
  • "Kaupapa Māori research - some Kaupapa Māori principles." Kaupapa rangahau : a reader : a collection of readings from the Kaupapa Māori Research workshop series. Kirikiriroa : Te Matenga Punenga o Te Kotahi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato ; Ngāruawāhia : Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development ; Auckland : Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, [2015]

  • Other

  • Report For The Ministry Of Women’s Affairs On The Benefits To Girls And Women In Te Kohanga Reo And Kura Kaupapa Māori. No further details.
  • Tomorrow’s Schools Working Party on Curriculum. (Co-author). Ministry of Education, 1989. No further details,
  • Mana Wahine: Mana Māori: A Case Study. Report by Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Research Assistant Margie Kahukura Hohepa, Auckland, N.Z.: Māori Education Research and Development Unit. Education Dept., U of Auckland, 1990.
  • E Kore A Muri E Hokia: A Study of Māori and Pacific Islands Women in Employment Related Training. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Commission for UNESCO, 1994.
  • Co-authored with M. K. Hohepa.
  • "Benefits to Girls and Women in Te Kohanga Reo: A Literature Review." Ministry of Women’s Affairs, 1994.
  • Te Kupenga: Children Adrift in the Truancy Crisis. Ministry of Education, Auckland Uniservices, 1996.
  • Co-authored with S. Jacka, M. Peters, and B. Sutherland.
  • He Arotakenga: An Evaluation Of Māori Medium Learning Materials. Curriculum Division, Ministry of Education, Auckland Uniservices, 1996.
  • Co-authored with M. Hohepa.
  • Monitoring and Evaluation of the Māori Television Project. L. Pihama, M. Hohepa, G. H. Smith, L. T. Smith. Te Mangai Paho, Ministry of Commerce, Auckland, N.Z. Uniservices, 1996.
  • Alternative Education Provisions for Māori and Secondary Schools. Te Puni Kokiri, Ministry of Māori Development, Auckland Uniservices Ltd., 1996.
  • Co-authored with E. Clarke and M. Pomare.
  • An Evaluation of Adult Pre-trial Diversion Using Community Panels. Crime Prevention Unit, Auckland Uniservices, 1997.
  • Co-authored with F. Cram.
  • Te Hiringa I Te Mahara Māori Secondary Teachers’ Workloads. Wellington, N.Z.: GPL and The Ministry of Education, 1998.
  • Co-authored with F. Cram and G. H. Smith.
  • "There are adventures to be had : experiences of a Māori researcher." 'He Ara ki te Puna : Assisting Maaori Research', Ōwae Marae, Waitara, 29-31 May 1998 Te Pouhere Korero Journal, 1.1 (Mar 1999): 1-9
  • Social and Economic Impact Report for Nga Potiki. Auckland Uniservices, 2000.
  • Co-authored with J. De Santolo, A. Bray, M. Stephenson and J. Simon.
  • Te Hiringa I Te Mahara: The Final Evaluation Report. Auckland Uniservices, 2001.
  • Co-authored with F. Cram, S. Toi, and Gardiner and Parata Ltd.
  • Te Whare Hauora. New Zealand Fire Commission, Auckland Uniservices, 2001.
  • Co-authored with R. Hoskins.
  • An Evaluation of Whakapiki Reo. Ministry of Education, Auckland Uniservices, 2001.
  • Co-authored with H. Pohatu.

    • Papers/Presentations

  • "Māori Strategies of Resistance." New Zealand Association for Research in Education. Auckland, N.Z. Nov. 1985.
  • "Māori Attitudes to Research." School of Social Work. Auckland, N.Z. 1986.
  • "Māori Language Revival and Survival." Vision 2000 Conf. for First Nations. Vancouver, Can. 1988.
  • Co-authored with T. Nepe and G. H. Smith.
  • "Cultural Factors in Asthma Education." International Symposium on Asthma Education. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Green Lane Hospital, Auckland, N.Z. 1988.
  • "Strategies for Sensitive Social Science Research." New Zealand Sociological Society Conf. Auckland, N.Z. 1988.
  • "Which Way in Education." Winter Lecture Ser. Auckland U, Auckland, N.Z. 1989.
  • Co-authored with G. H.. Smith.
  • "Some Implications for Research Within Māori Education." New Zealand Association for Research in Education. Nov. 1989.
  • Co-authored with S. McNaughton and G. H. Smith.
  • "Summary Address." UNESCO Conf. on Literacy Issues in the Pacific Region. Auckland College of Education, Auckland, N.Z. 1990.
  • "Māori Education and Iwi Development." Ngāti Kahungunu and New Zealand Planning Council. Hawkes Bay, N.Z. 1990.
  • "Māori Education and Ngāti Awa." Ngāti Awa and New Zealand Planning Council. Whakatane, N.Z. 1990.
  • "Discourses on Colonisation: Missionary and Māori." Australia and New Zealand Comparative Education Society Conf. Auckland, N.Z. 1990.
  • Co-authored with D. Snow.
  • "Policies on Māori Schooling: Intentions and Outcomes." Australia and New Zealand History in Education Society Conf. Auckland, N.Z. 1990.
  • Co-authored with J. Simon.
  • "Mana Wahine Mana Māori: The Struggle of Māori Women." Centre for Women’s Studies, U of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. 1991.
  • "Kura Kaupapa Māori As A Educational Intervention." School of Education, U of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. 1991.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith.
  • "The Cultural Politics of Community Based Schooling. School of Education, U of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. 1991.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith.
  • "Talking Change: Language, Discourse and Practice in Minority Education Symposium." Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). Toronto, Can. 1991.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith.
  • "Language Revitalisation: The New Zealand Context." School of Education, U College of Wales, Cardiff, Wales, UK. 1991.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith.
  • "E Hine, E Moe Nei, Kaati R Ko Te Moe!" Winter Lecture Ser. U of Auckland. Auckland, N.Z. 1991.
  • "Kura Kaupapa Māori." Keynote Address To Māori And Community Educators. Taranaki Polytechnic. Taranaki, N.Z. 1991.
  • "Evaluation And Assessment For Māori Children In The 1990s." Ministry of Education Seminar On Assessment Issues for Māori Educators. Wellington, N.Z. Mar. 1991.
  • Kura Kaupapa Māori. Keynote address. Parihaka, Taranaki, N.Z. 1991.
  • "The Dilemma of a Māori Academic." Australia and New Zealand Joint Conf. for the Association of Research I Education (NZARE, AARE). Deakin U, Melbourne, Austral. 1992.
  • "Indigenous Women and the Problems of Positionality." Confronting Racism Conference on Racism, Indigenous Peoples, Ethnicity and Gender in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. U of Technology. Sydney, Austral. 9-11 Dec. 1993.
  • "Indigenous Women and the Problems of Position." Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia Conf. U of Auckland, N.Z. Nov. 1994.
  • New Zealand Educational Administration Society Conf. Waipuna Lodge. Auckland, N.Z. 1994.
  • Smith was Summary Speaker at this conference.
  • "A. T. Ngata: A Legacy of Whanau Leadership." Centennial Conf. to celebrate the Graduation of Apirana Ngata from Canterbury University 1894-1994. University of Canterbury. Christchurch, N.Z., 1994.
  • "Kaupapa Māori and Research." Te Matawhanui Conf. of Māori Studies. Māori Studies Dept., Massey U. Palmerston North, N.Z. 1995.
  • "Re-Centering Kaupapa Māori Research." Te Matawhanui Conf. Massey U. Palmerston North, N.Z. 1995.
  • "Theft By EFT: The Development Of A Whare Wananga." New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Massey U. Palmerston North, N.Z. 1995.
  • Joint paper with C. Smith, G. H. Smith and H. Williams.
  • "De-colonising Intellectual Identity: Māori/Academic/Woman." Winter Lecture Ser. (Theme ‘The Role of the Intellectual’). U of Auckland. Auckland, N.Z. 1996.
  • "Equal Employment Opportunities: Some Reflections." Auckland Tertiary Institutions EEO Conf. Logan Park, Auckland, N.Z. 1996.
  • "Pathways to Excellence in Māori Education." International Research. Wellington Conf. Wellington, N.Z. 1996.
  • "Been There, Done That, Don’t Need Anymore – Can Māori Research Make A Difference?" Jean Herbison Address. New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Dunedin, N.Z. 1998.
  • "Indigenous Research: Towards the New Millenium." Te Oru Rangahau Māori Research and Development Conf. Massey U. Palmerston North, N.Z., 1998.
  • "Singing in the Wind? Māori Women in the Academy." Winds of Change: Women and the Culture of Universities Conf. U of Technology, Sydney, Austral. 1998.
  • "Frantz Fanon as a Text for the Other-Feminist Engagements, Invited Symposium." American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, Can. 1999.
  • "The Links Between Early Childhood Education and Primary School – The Māori Experience." Greenland School Reform Conf. Kangerlussaq, Greenland, 1999.
  • "Developing Indigenous Research." Centre for Aboriginal Research. U of Newcastle, New South Wales, Austral. 1999.
  • "Kaupapa Māori and the Corporate Institution of Research, Invited Panel." Depts. of Pacific Studies and Hawaiian Studies. U of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI. 2000.
  • "Research and/as Advocacy, Invited Symposium." American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, USA. 2000.
  • "Decolonising Qualitative Methodologies." CUNY Graduate Centre. New York, USA. 2000.
  • "Decolonising Methodologies." Centre for Cultural Studies, University of Santa Cruz, California, 2000.
  • "Youth First – the Story of a Project." Women’s Leadership Institute, Mills College, San Francisco, USA, 2000.
  • Co-authored with M. Kempton.
  • "De-colonising Pacific Studies." Pacific Studies Conf. U of Hawaii at Manoa. Honolulu, HI. 2000.
  • "Practice, Policy, Politics." NZEI Te Rui Roa Early Childhood Conf. Wellington, N.Z., 2000.
  • "Networked, On-Line and very Flexible: An Alternative Reading." Commonwealth Conf. on Educational Administration. Tasmania, Austral. 2000.
  • "Indigenous Research Methodologies." Indigenous Research Workshop. U of South Australia. Adelaide, Austral. 2000.
  • "Youth First and the New Zealand Social Studies Curriculum." Aotearoa/New Zealand Federation of Social Studies Associations Annual Conf. Auckland College of Education, Auckland, N.Z. 2000.
  • Co-authored with M. Kempton and A. Ormond.
  • "Sleep Talking in Māori language." International Conf. on Thinking. Auckland, N.Z. 2001.
  • "Strengthening Schools: A Summary." Schools Support Conf. Ministry of Education, Wellington, N.Z. 2001.
  • "Strategies for Overcoming Racism." UN Regional Meeting on Racism and Indigenous Peoples in Preparation for the World Conference in South Africa. Sydney, Austral. 2001.
  • "Racism Issues for Māori Women." Special Women’s Forum in preparation for the UN World Conf. on Racism to be held in South Africa, Sydney, Austral. 2001.
  • "Implications of Research for Māori Principals." Annual Conf. of Te Akatea: Māori Principals Organisation. Whakatane, N.Z. 2001.
  • "Shifting the Epistemic Terrain in Research with Indigenous Peoples." Graduate Student Conf. in American Indian Studies. U of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA. 2001.
  • "Research With Indigenous Communities." ‘Racial and Ethnic Minorities As Research Subjects’: Ethics Workshop. Committee on Scientific Freedom, American Association or the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, US. 2001.
  • "Knowledge, Power, Justice and the Academy." Women’s Studies Conf. U of Canterbury and Women’s Studies Association. Christchurch, N.Z. 2001.
  • "Voicing Places, Placing Voices, Journeys Towards Identity of New Zealand Youth." Children And Young People: Their Environments, Fourth Child And Family Policy Conf. Children’s Issues Centre. Dunedin, N.Z. 2001.
  • "Disruptive Thinking and the Everyday Practice of Critical Intervention." Disrupting Preconceptions - Post Colonialism and Education. The U of Queensland. Brisbane, Austra. 2001.
  • "Politics of Race, Ethnicity and Class for Activist Intellectuals." Invited Panel Symposium. American Psychological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, USA. 2001.
  • "Taking Young People’s Talk Seriously: The Youth First Project." American Educational Research Association (AERA) Meeting. AERA Symposium. Seattle, USA. 2001.
  • Co-authored with G. H. Smith, M. Kempton, A. Ormond, and M. Boler.
  • The Dialectic Of Research And Theory. American Educational Research Association. Seattle, USA. 2001.
  • "Indigenous Methodologies and Pacific Research." Health Research Council Conf. on Pacific Island Research. 2002.
  • "Issues for Māori Students." Student Debt Panel, New Zealand University Student Association. Auckland University of Technology. Auckland, N.Z. July 2002.
  • "Researching the Pacific: Issues and Challenges." Pacific Research Conf. Waipapa Marae. U of Auckland, N.Z. 2002.
  • "What School Leaders Should Know About The Treaty Of Waitangi." First Time Principals Conf. Wellington, N.Z., 2002.
  • "Indigenous Research Methodologies." American Indian Fish and Wildlife Society Annual Meeting. Anchorage, Alaska, USA. 2002.
  • "Māori Development." Symposium on Mexico and New Zealand. U of Auckland, N.Z. 2002.
  • "Māori Tertiary Education." Ngāti Kahungunu Māori Development Conf. Hastings, N.Z. 2002.
  • "An Overview of Issues in Māori Education." Jack Shallcrass Lecture. In Commemoration of the Educational Work of Jack Shallcrass. Wellington, N.Z. 2002.
  • "Who Should Speak? Who listens? Māori and Genetic Modification." Being Human, Science and Fear Conf. Royal Society and Te Papa National Museum. Wellington, N.Z. 2002.
  • "Indigenous Research Challenges." Centre for Sami Studies, U of Tromso,. Norway. 2003.
  • "Its All In The Mind (Yeah Right) Recovering Form Colonization." International Conf. of Critical Psychology. Auckland, N.Z. 2003.
  • [Untitled]. Conf. For Models Of Healing For Inter-Generational Trauma Through Colonization, Sycuan Band And Takini Network. Sycuan, San Diego, USA. 2003.
  • "Creating Space In The University For Indigenous Knowledge, Languages And People: An Equity Project Or A Self-Determination Project?" Equity through Excellence: Confronting the Tensions in Universities. U of Toronto, Can. 2003.
  • "Indigenizing Research and Politics: towards Self-Determination and Social Justice." Symposium on Indigenizing the University. Dept. of Political Science, U of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI. 2003.
  • "Social Inclusion: Learning from the Māori Experience of Neo-liberal reform." Commonwealth Ministers of Education Parallel Symposium. Edinburgh, Scot. 2003.
  • "Researching The Native In The Knowledge Economy: Power, Dialogue And Ethics." Walker Ames Lecture. U of Washington, Seattle, USA. 2004.
  • "Researching The Native In The Knowledge Economy." Symposium. Arizona State U. Tempe, USA. 2004.
  • "Decolonizing the Academy." Public Lecture. U of British Columbia, Can. 2004.
  • "The Liberal Arts." Public Lecture. The U of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI. 2004.
  • "Foreword." Te ara pūtaiao = Māori insights in science : a monograph produced in the Tihei oreore series. Ed. J.S. Te Rito and S.M. Healy. Auckland, N.Z. : Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, 2008.
  • "PART A; Presentations by Invited Speakers; Background to Invited Speakers; Opening Address " Te Tatau Pounamu = The Greenstone Door : traditional knowledge and gateways to balanced relationships, 2008. June 8-11, 2008. Proceedings of the traditional knowledge conference 2008, Te Tatau [Auckland, N.Z.] : Ngā Pae o te Maramatanga, 2010.

  • Reviews

  • Rev. of Te Timatanga Tatau Tatau Early Stories From the Māori Women’s Welfare League, by Mira Szaszy. N.Z. Herald 30 Apr. 1994: 6.

    Other

  • Erai, Michelle, Fuli, Everdina, Irwin, Kathie and Wilcox, Lenaire. Māori Women: An Annotated Bibliography. [Wellington, N.Z.]: Michelle Erai, Everdina Fuli, Kathie Irwin and Lenaire Wilcox, 1991. 30.