Linda Te Aho recognised for years of service to Maori

Associate Professor Linda Te Aho (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Ngāti Mahuta, Waikato) has contributed significantly to legal education at Te Piringa Faculty of Law, University of Waikato. Associate Professor Te Aho established the Māori and Indigenous Governance Research Centre at the Faculty and has long served as Associate Dean Māori. As an appointed guardian for the co-management of the Waikato River ecosystem in 2012, she was instrumental in developing the vision for the river’s holistic restoration. She was appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Group in 2014 to provide technical advice on proposed reforms to Te Ture Whenua Māori 1993, chairing the group in 2015. She is a technical advisor on Māori legal issues in relation to lands and freshwater for iwi, Crown agencies and government departments. Her publications, ‘Towards a Rangatiratanga Framework for Governance of Waterways’, and ‘Te Mana o te Wai’ have contributed to debate on proposed reforms to the Resource Management Act. She is a member of the Te Arataura Tribal Executive for Waikato Tainui, and a trustee for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura. She is a member of Ngārimu VC and 28th Māori Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board. Associate Professor Te Aho has served as a Director of Tainui Group Holdings, and as a negotiator for Ngāti Koroki Kahukura Treaty Claims. Linda becomes a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

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