Angela Ballara

Angela Ballara
Born
Heather Angela Devitt

(1944-08-16)16 August 1944
Kent, England
Died17 September 2021(2021-09-17) (aged 77)
Wellington, New Zealand
SpouseBruno Ballara
Children6[1]
Academic background
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Theses
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineNew Zealand Māori history

Heather Angela Ballara (née Devitt; 16 August 1944 – 17 September 2021) was a New Zealand historian who specialised in Māori history. She was appointed a member of the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004.[2] After a short break, she was reappointed to the role in 2015.[3]

She was born on 16 August 1944,[4] and studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1969, and a Master of Arts in history in 1973.[3] Her master's thesis had the title Warfare and government in Ngapuhi tribal society, 1814–1833: institutions of authority and the function of warfare in the period of early settlement, 1814–1833, in the Bay of Islands and related territories.[5] She later completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 1991 on the origins of Ngāti Kahungunu.[6] An authority on Māori customary history, Ballara was the editorial officer (Māori) for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography for 15 years.[7]

Ballara died in Wellington on 17 September 2021, aged 77.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Heather Ballara death notice". Dominion Post. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Waitangi Tribunal appointments made". New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Ngā kānohi hōu – new Tribunal members and officers" (PDF). Te Manutukutuku. No. 67. February 2015. p. 4. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. ^ "In memory of Angela Heather Ballara". Tributes Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. ^ Ballara, Angela (1973). Warfare and government in Ngapuhi tribal society, 1814-1833 : institutions of authority and the function of warfare in the period of early settlement, 1814-1833, in the Bay of Islands and related territories (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/5920.
  6. ^ The origins of Ngati Kahungunu (PhD). Victoria University of Wellington. 1991. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Ngā kānohi hōu – new Tribunal members and officers" (PDF). Te Manutukutuku. No. 59. May 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2021.