Ngahuia Te Awekotuku

New Zealand academic, short story writer and essayist · New Zealand · Writers · Born 1949 · age 77

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Ngāhuia Te Awekōtuku is a New Zealand academic specialising in Māori cultural issues and a lesbian activist. In 1972, she was famously denied a visa to visit the United States on the basis of her sexuality.

A life in dates

2023Companion of the Royal Society of New ZealandAward2017Fellow of Auckland War Memorial MuseumAward2009New Zealand Order of MeritAward1949Born

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Companion of the Royal Society of New Zealand2023

Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum2017

New Zealand Order of Merit2009

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New Zealand

In common with Ngahuia

Michael KingBoth received Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum

Judith BinneyBoth received Fellow of Auckland War Memorial Museum

Writers from New Zealand 4

Catherine Chidgey42.1

Frank Sargeson41.8

Brian Boyd42.5

Eldon Gorst41.8

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