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New Zealand Māori leader

Gabrielle HuriaMNZM
Huria in 2018
Born1962 (age 62–63)
Christchurch, New Zealand

Gabrielle Ann Huria MNZM (born 1962) is a New Zealand Māori leader working in freshwater management and mental health. In 2018 Huria was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and governance.

Early life and education

Huria was born in Christchurch in 1962. She is Māori and affiliates to Ngāi Tahu. Huria attended Our Lady of the Assumption school in Hoon Hay in Christchurch, and the St Vincent de Paul School (known as the Rigi) and Erskine College in Wellington. She has qualifications in journalism and television production from Waiariki Polytechnic and Christchurch Polytechnic. Huria completed a Bachelor of Arts in sociology at the University of Canterbury.

Career

Huria worked in television as a journalist, researcher and scriptwriter, and then as a producer for television and radio. Huria spent five years as a producer for the children's radio show Ears, and has published two children's books. Huria worked in public relations, and was public affairs manager for Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu, before becoming chief executive and chair of Ngāi Tahu Communications. Huria was responsible for the communications strategy for Ngāi Tahu during their treaty negotiations and during the post-settlement period, and created and edited a magazine Te Karaka.

Huria has also been a member of the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre Advisory Board.

Huria was Deputy Chair of the Canterbury District Health Board, and chief executive of Te Kura Taka Pini, a Ngāi Tahu company working in South Island freshwater management. She was a trustee of the Māia Health Foundation, which works in mental health. In 2014 Huria was appointed as the inaugural chair of Emerge Aotearoa, a provider of mental health services for Māori and Pacific people.

Honours and awards

In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Huria was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and governance. In 2019 she was a finalist in the Board and management section of the Women of Influence Awards.

Personal life

Huria's sister is company director Jane Huria.

References

  1. ^ "Gabrielle Ann Huria, Ngāi Tahu, 1962 -". Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  2. Romanos, Joseph (28 August 2013). "When The Rigi was the main coach road". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  4. "Inside iwi governance with Lisa Tumahai | IoD NZ". The Institute of Directors. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Māia Health Foundation Welcomes Gabrielle Huria as New Trustee". Maia Health Foundation. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  6. McClure, Tess (24 December 2021). "Trauma, dislocation, pollution: why Māori leaders want control of the South Island's water". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  7. "2019 Finalists". Women of Influence. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  8. "Sisters thrilled to be part of the Ngai Tahu 'experience'". Kokiri Paetae. June 1998.

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