Te Wharehuia Milroy

Te Wharehuia Milroy
Milroy in 2012
Born
James Te Wharehuia Milroy

(1937-07-24)24 July 1937
Died7 May 2019(2019-05-07) (aged 81)
NationalityNew Zealander
SpouseMarion Rongomaianiwaniwa Fabling (died 2010)
Academic work
DisciplineMāori language
Institutions

James Te Wharehuia Milroy CNZM QSO (24 July 1937 – 7 May 2019) was a New Zealand academic and expert in the Māori language. He was of Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1] Together with Tīmoti Kāretu and Pou Temara, Milroy was a lecturer at Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in the Māori Language), which the three professors founded in 2004.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Revered reo exponent Te Wharehuia Milroy has passed away". Māori Television. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. ^ Tahana, Yvonne (22 July 2008). "No apologies for pursuit of excellence in Maori". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Te Wharehuia Milroy – A life in service of Māoridom". Māori Television. Retrieved 9 May 2019.