Monty Soutar

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Monty Glyn Soutar ONZM[1] (born 1961[2]) is a New Zealand historian and author who is affiliated with the Maori tribes of Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Ngai Tai ki Tamaki and Ngati Kahungunu.

Early life and education[]

Soutar lived in Ruatoria, Kawerau and Palmerston North as a child.[3][4] He then attended Hato Paora College, which he credits for instilling pride in academic achievement and interest in the Maori side of his heritage.[3] Soutar attended Palmerston North Teachers' College from 1980 to 1983.[2]

Soutar holds degrees from Massey University and Victoria University.[2]

Career[]

Soutar taught for two years at Manutahi Primary School, followed by two years working through historical records at the Māori Land Court in Gisborne to create a local history resource for schools on the East Coast.[3] He also spent four years in the Territorials and New Zealand Army.[3][4]

He was a senior lecturer in Maori studies at Massey University.[2]

Soutar was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2002 for a three-year period,[5] and from 2006 to January 2010 was Director of the Tairawhiti Museum in Gisborne. During his time there he negotiated an increase in museum funding and initiated a project which involved upgrading collection documentation and rehousing the museum's collection.[6] He was appointed one of the Guardians of the Alexander Turnbull Library in 2006[7] and was on the National Archives Council.

Since 2011 Soutar has been a Fellow in Maori History at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage. In the 2015 New Years Honours List he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for 'services to Māori and historical research'.[8] At that time he was also World War One Historian in Residence at Auckland War Memorial Museum.

In 2021 Soutar was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship worth $100,000 to enable him to complete his historical novel trilogy Kāwai .[9]

Selected bibliography[]

  • Nga Tamatoa: The Price of Citizenship. C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939 -1945. Published 2008.
  • Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E! Maori in the First World War.[9] Published 2019.
  • Kāwai – a saga from the uttermost end of the Earth (in progress as of 2021)

References[]

  1. ^ "Wananga holds graduation day". The Daily Post. Rotorua. 2 June 2016. 1792796633 – via Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Soutar, Monty Glyn (Dr), 1961–". National Library of New Zealand. January 1961. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Husband, Dale (21 April 2019). "Monty Soutar: Making sure our soldiers aren't forgotten". E-Tangata. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "12 Questions: Dr Monty Soutar". NZ Herald. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Massey Lecturer Has Place on Tribunal". The Evening Standard. Palmerston North. 13 September 2002. 314218047 – via Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream.
  6. ^ Wauchop, Phil (11 November 2009). "Report to COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Committee for noting" (PDF). Gisborne District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  7. ^ "New Library Guardians". Waikato Times. 5 September 2006. 313294664 – via Proquest Australia & New Zealand Newsstream.
  8. ^ "New Year Honours 2015 – Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit". New Year Honours 2015 – Citations for Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Leading historian Dr Monty Soutar receives Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer's Fellowship to complete historical novel trilogy". www.creativenz.govt.nz. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
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