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| Rangimarie Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere | |
|---|---|
| Name | Rangimarie Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere |
| Birth date | 1937 |
| Birth place | Waiapu, New Zealand |
| Death date | 25 December 2020 |
| Death place | Gisborne, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Occupation | Educator, Author, Healer |
| Known for | Māori educational theory, Indigenous spirituality |
Rangimarie Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere was a Māori educator and author from New Zealand noted for integrating Māori language and tikanga Māori with contemporary pedagogies, indigenous health frameworks, and spiritual practice. She became internationally recognized through collaborations with institutions such as the University of Auckland, Victoria University of Wellington, and networks including UNESCO and indigenous scholars from Australia, Canada, and Hawaii. Pere’s work influenced curricula across communities associated with iwi such as Ngāti Porou, and informed debates at forums like the World Indigenous Peoples Conference and regional gatherings involving Te Puni Kōkiri and Manatū Hauora.
Pere was born in the Waiapu region on the East Coast of New Zealand and raised within the cultural contexts of Ngāti Porou and wider Māori networks, attending local kura and regional schools that connected her to figures such as Sir Apirana Ngata, Te Whiti o Rongomai, and contemporaries in iwi leadership. Her formative years intersected with national movements including the Māori Renaissance and institutions like Te Aute College and community initiatives linked to Department of Māori Affairs programs. Pere pursued teacher training influenced by educators from University of Otago, Teachers’ Colleges of New Zealand, and exchange contacts with scholars at University of Hawaiʻi and the Australian National University.
Pere’s teaching career spanned classroom practice, kura kaupapa initiatives, and advisory roles to tertiary providers such as Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, and Lincoln University affiliates, collaborating with educators from Kaupapa Māori movements and leaders like Sir Mason Durie and Irihapeti Ramsden. Her pedagogy emphasized whānau-centred learning, drawing on models compared to frameworks used by UNICEF and indigenous programs in Canada (including work with representatives from First Nations and Métis communities) and researchers from McGill University and University of British Columbia. She contributed to teacher training that engaged with policymakers at Ministry of Education (New Zealand) and curriculum advisors interacting with the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
Pere authored books and articles that entered bibliographies alongside works by Hauora scholars, traditionalists, and academics like Ngahuia Te Awekotuku and Linda Tuhiwai Smith, and were cited in conferences hosted by Te Wānanga o Aotearoa and journals connected to Māori Studies and Indigenous Studies departments at University of Waikato and University of Canterbury. Her publications explored the interrelationships between mātauranga, kaupapa Māori theory, and healing practices, referenced alongside texts by Ranginui Walker, Hēnare Waitoa, and Amiria Henare. Pere’s frameworks influenced comparative indigenous scholarship engaging with figures from Hawaiian Renaissance circles, Aboriginal Australians such as leaders from University of Sydney, and North American indigenous academics at Stanford University and Harvard University programs on indigenous knowledge.
As a tohunga and healer, Pere worked with marae across regions including Turanganui ā Kiwa and communities connected to Rotorua, Wellington, and Auckland, liaising with cultural organisations such as Ngāi Tahu committees, Māori Women’s Welfare League, and local rōpū involved with Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori. She participated in international dialogues involving UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, representatives from Sámi groups, Māori King Movement (Kīngitanga) delegates, and spiritual leaders from Tibetan and Sikh traditions. Pere’s leadership included training programs that intersected with public health campaigns by World Health Organization projects in the Pacific and indigenous wellness initiatives in collaboration with Pacific Islands Forum affiliates.
Pere received national recognition from institutions such as awards administered by Order of New Zealand-adjacent honours lists, accolades from Te Tohu o Te Māramatanga research bodies, and lifetime achievement acknowledgements presented at events hosted by Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand Book Council, and Massey University convocations. Her contributions were celebrated at ceremonies involving representatives from New Zealand Parliament, Victoria University of Wellington chancellors, and community honours from iwi organisations including Ngāti Porou and pan-Māori groups like Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Porou.
Pere’s personal life was interwoven with whānau responsibilities, marae duties, and mentorship of generations of educators and healers who later affiliated with institutions such as Te Wananga o Aotearoa, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hoani Waititi and research centres at University of Auckland and University of Waikato. Her legacy continues through manuals, curricula, and oral histories preserved by archives at Alexander Turnbull Library, mātauranga repositories linked to Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, and ongoing references in programmes endorsed by Te Puni Kōkiri and community trusts across Aotearoa New Zealand.
Category:Māori people Category:New Zealand educators Category:New Zealand writers Category:1937 births Category:2020 deaths