James Te Wharehuia Milroy CNZM QSO (24 July 1937 – 7 May 2019) was a New Zealand academic and expert in the Māori language. He was of Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1] Together with Tīmoti Kāretu and Pou Temara, Milroy was a lecturer at Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), which the three professors founded in 2004.[2][3]
Te Wharehuia Milroy | |
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.jpg) Milroy in 2012 | |
| Born | James Te Wharehuia Milroy 24 July 1937 |
| Died | 7 May 2019 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Spouse | Marion Rongomaianiwaniwa Fabling (died 2010) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Māori language |
| Institutions | |
Biography
editBorn on 24 July 1937, Milroy was the son of Kararaina Takurua and Frederick Milroy,[4] and a grandson of the Tūhoe chief Takurua Tamarau. He was raised in Ruatoki and attended Rotorua Boys' High School.[5] During the early 1990s, Milroy became a listed member of the Waitangi Tribunal. He worked and lectured at the University of Waikato in the Māori Department, alongside Tīmoti Kāretu.
In the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours, Milroy was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[6] In 2005, he was conferred with an honorary doctorate by the University of Waikato,[7] and in 2009, he was a recipient of the Māori Creative New Zealand Te Waka Toi award.[8] Milroy was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori language, in the 2012 New Year Honours.[9] He collaborated with Kāretu on the book He Kupu Tuku Iho, the first book published entirely in te reo Māori.[10][11]
Milroy died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 81.[4][5][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] He was predeceased by his wife, Marion Rongomaianiwaniwa Milroy (née Fabling), in 2010. She was a descendant of the Te Arawa and Ngāti Kahungunu tribes and a female speaker for the Te Panekiretanga Māori Language Institute. Milroy was buried beside his wife at Kauae Cemetery in Ngongotahā.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Revered reo exponent Te Wharehuia Milroy has passed away". Māori Television. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Tahana, Yvonne (22 July 2008). "No apologies for pursuit of excellence in Maori". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ "Te Wharehuia Milroy – A life in service of Māoridom". Māori Television. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Professor James Te Wharehuia Milroy". The New Zealand Herald. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Makiha, Kelly (7 May 2019). "Tūhoe leader Professor Te Wharehuia Milroy farewelled in Rotorua". Rotorua Daily Post – via The New Zealand Herald.
- ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2003". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 2 June 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato". University of Waikato. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- ^ "Witi Ihimaera takes top Te Waka Toi Award". Industry News. thebigidea.co.nz. 30 August 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2012". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ Kāretu, Tīmoti (2018). He kupu tuku iho : ko te reo Māori te tatau ki te ao. Milroy, Wharehuia, 1937–. Tāmaki-makau-rau, Aotearoa. ISBN 9781869408800. OCLC 1031209214.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Boynton, John (28 June 2018). "Language the key to knowing a person – te reo Māori expert Sir Tīmoti Kāretu". RNZ. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- ^ "Te reo Māori expert Wharehuia Milroy dies". RNZ News. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Te Wharehuia Milroy remembered". www.waikato.ac.nz. 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Te Wharehuia Milroy Morpheus of Māoridom". www.waateanews.com.
- ^ "A send-off fit for a king of te reo Māori". Māori Television.
- ^ "Māori linguists honoured at book launch". Māori Television.
- ^ "Te reo Māori expert Wharehuia Milroy dies". RNZ. 7 May 2019.
- ^ "Kua hinga te totara i Te Waonui-a-Tane Passing of Professor Wharehuia Milroy". Royal Society Te Apārangi.