Ranginui Walker is from Whakatohea of Opotiki. He was educated at
St Peter's Maori College, Auckland Teachers College and the
University of Auckland. He recently retired as Professor of Maori
Studies at the University of Auckland. He was made a Distinguished
Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2001.
Dr Walker was chairman of the Auckland District Maori Council for
fifteen years and a member of the New Zealand Maori Council for
twenty years. He has contributed many papers and articles on Maori
education, culture and history, and has written three previous
books- Nga Tau Tohetohe, Years of Anger; Ka Whawhai Tonu Matou,
Struggle Without End; Nga Pepa a Ranginui, The Walker Papers, all
published by Penguin Books.
Dr Walker is married to Deirdre and they have three children and
nine grandchildren.
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