Tīmoti Kāretu

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Sir Tīmoti Kāretu

KNZM QSO
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Kāretu in 2017
Born
Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu

(1937-04-29) 29 April 1937 (age 84)
Hastings, New Zealand
Academic work
DisciplineMāori language and performing arts
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato

Sir Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu KNZM QSO (born 29 April 1937)[1] is a New Zealand academic of Māori language and performing arts, and affiliates to Ngāi Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu.[2] He served as the inaugural head of the Department of Māori at the University of Waikato, and rose to the rank of professor.[2] He was the first Māori language commissioner, between 1987 and 1999, and then was executive director of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust from 1993 until 2003.[3] In 2003, he was closely involved in the foundation of , the Institute of Exellence in Māori Language, and served as its executive director.[3]

Kāretu was born in Hastings.[1] He was adopted at the age of two months in a whāngai adoption by his great uncle Tame Kāretu and Mauwhare Taiwera.[4] He was raised at Waikaremoana, Waimārama and Ruatāhuna.[5]

In the 1993 New Year Honours, Kāretu was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services,[6] and in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours he was named a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the Māori language.[7] He has been conferred honorary doctorates by Victoria University of Wellington in 2003,[8] and the University of Waikato in 2008.[9] In 2020 he was honoured with the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in the non-fiction category[10] and was elected a Companion of Royal Society Te Apārangi.[11]

In 2019, Kāretu translated nine songs from English to Māori language for the album, Waiata / Anthems, which peaked at number 1 on the New Zealand album charts in September 2019.

In 2021, Kāretu translated the song “Fallen Fruit” / “Hua Pirau” by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde for her EP Te Ao Māramai. Te Ao Māramai is a collection of songs from Lorde’s album “Solar Power” translated into Te Reo Māori with the help of Māori singers and writers.

Kāretu won the 2021 Te Mūrau o te Tuhi Māori Language Award at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.[12] He had been joint winner of the same award two years earlier.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Professor Timoti Samuel Karetu Biography 1991". Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kāretu, Tā Tīmoti Samuel". Te Aka Online Māori Dictionary. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Queen's Birthday honours 2017 – citations for Knight Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  4. ^ Karetu, Timoti (1990). "The clue to identity". New Zealand Geographic (5). Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  5. ^ Harawira, Wena (27 October 2019). "Timoti Karetu: A stickler for standards". E-tangata. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  6. ^ "No. 53154". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1992. p. 30.
  7. ^ "Queen's Birthday honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Honorary graduates and Hunter fellowships". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Honorary Doctors of the University of Waikato". University of Waikato. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  10. ^ Chumko, Andre (10 November 2020). "Kiwi writers honoured with Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement". Stuff. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  11. ^ "New Companions 2020". Royal Society Te Apārangi. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Beautrais wins 2021 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for fiction". Books+Publishing. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Past Winners | New Zealand Book Awards Trust". www.nzbookawards.nz. Retrieved 13 May 2021.


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