Poia Rewi


Poia Rewi is an academic of Ngati Manawa, Te Arawa and Tuhoe descent. He is a professor and the head of at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He is renowned for his work in the areas of the revitalisation of the Maori language and whaikorero.

Education and career

He graduated from the University of Otago in 2005 with a Doctor of Philosophy in Maori Studies with a thesis entitled, Te Ao o te Whaikōrero. This was the first thesis to be written entirely in the Maori language.

Selected works