Margaret Mutu

Professor Margaret Shirley Mutu is a Ngāti Kahu activist,^[1] leader and academic from Auckland, New Zealand. Her iwi are Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa and Ngāti Whātua.^[2]

She obtained a BSc in Mathematics, a MPhil in Māori Studies and a Ph.D. in Māori Studies specialising in linguistics.^[3] She is now Professor of Māori Studies as well as head of department at University of Auckland.^[4] She has taught Māori language and Treaty of Waitangi courses since 1986.^[5]

Mutu is Chairperson of the Ngāti Kahu runanga executive (the legal entity representing the iwi or tribe),^[5] and their chief negioator for treaty settlements.^[2]

Mutu has made a number of controversial statements, including her claim (in relation to the New Zealand foreshore and seabed controversy) that we own it^[6] as well as claiming that Pākehā immigration is a threat due to immigrants' anti-biculturalism attitudes.^[7]

Bibliography

• Mutu, Margaret, 2011. The State of Māori Rights. Wellington, Huia Publishers. ISBN 9781869694371

References

1. ^ "New Zealand Parliament". 2011. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/Speeches/f/c/0/49HansS_20110315_00000973-Jones-Shane-Marine-and-Coastal-Area-Takutai.htm. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Margaret Mutu | Te Hiku Forum". tehiku.maori.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.tehiku.maori.nz/content/margaret-mutu. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
3. ^ "New Zealand Parliament". 2011. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/SC/Documents/Evidence/b/c/e/49SCMA_EVI_00DBHOH_BILL10309_1_A159877-Te-Runanga-a-iwi-o-Ngati-Kahu.htm. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
4. ^ "Margaret Mutu | Māori Studies (Te Wānanga o Waipapa)". 2011. http://artsfaculty.auckland.ac.nz/staff/?UPI=mmut003. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Chairperson | Ngāti Kahu". ngatikahu.iwi.nz. 2011 [last update]. http://www.ngatikahu.iwi.nz/node/47. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 
6. ^ "New Zealand Parliament". 2011. http://www.parliament.nz/en-NZ/PB/Business/QOA/6/a/1/49HansQ_20100721_00000001-1-Foreshore-and-Seabed-Act-Review-Iwi-Ownership.htm. Retrieved 7 September 2011. "Professor Margaret Mutu’s statement: “we own it”" 
7. ^ "'Racist Mutu must be accountable'". 2011. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/5571101/Racist-Mutu-must-be-accountable. Retrieved 7 September 2011. 

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Name	Mutu, Margaret
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