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    Tīmoti Kāretu

    New Zealand Māori-language scholar (born 1937)

    Sir Tīmoti Kāretu

    KNZM QSO CRSNZ

    Kāretu in 2017

    Born

    Tīmoti Samuel Kāretu


    (1937-04-29) 29 April 1937 (age 87)

    Hastings, New Zealand

    DisciplineMāori language and performing arts
    InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato

    Sir Tīmoti Samuel KāretuKNZM QSO CRSNZ (born 29 April 1937)[1] is a New Zealand academic of Māori language and performing arts.[2] He served as the inaugural head of the Department of Māori at the University of Waikato, and rose to the rank of professor.[2] He was the first Māori language commissioner, between 1987 and 1999, and then was executive director of Te Kohanga Reo National Trust from 1993 until 2003.[3] In 2003, he was closely involved in the foundation of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo, the Institute of Excellence in Māori Language, and served as its executive director.[3] He is fluent in Māori, E