Associate Professor Aroha Harris

Dr Aroha Harris belongs to Te Rarawa and Ngāpuhi. Her research interests span Māori and iwi histories of Māori policy and community development in the twentieth century. Her practice has included both historical and social research for Government departments, private organisations, and iwi. Contributing research advice for Te Runanga o Te Rarawa on a range of iwi development projects included involvement in the negotiation and settlement of Te Rarawa historical Treaty claims. Aroha is a founding member of Te Pouhere Korero, the national collective of Māori historians, and co-editor of their journal of the same name. She has variously published in edited collections and academic journals. Her first book, Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest, was published in 2004. Her second book, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (2014), was a collaborative effort with Professor Atholl Anderson and the late Dame Judith Binney. Aroha was  a member of the Waitangi Tribunal from 2008 to 2023, during which time she was the historian member of the Te Rohe Potae (Wai 898) panel.