He Poroporoaki: A Farewell to M.P.K. Sorrenson, 1932–2025

Authors

  • Aroha Harris Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

Keywords:

Tribute, obituary

Abstract

Kua hinga te tōtara i Te Waonui-a-Tāne. A tōtara in the great forest of Tāne has fallen: Emeritus Professor of History Maurice Peter Keith Sorrenson (Ngāti Pukenga, Pākehā).

Author Biography

Aroha Harris, Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland

Aroha Harris (Ngāpuhi, Te Rarawa) (PhD, MNZM) is an associate professor of history at Te Pūtahi Mātauranga o Waipapa Taumata Rau | Faculty of Arts and Education at the University of Auckland. Significant among her publications are Hīkoi: Forty Years of Māori Protest (Huia, 2004), the award-winning Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History (Bridget Williams Books, 2014)—a collaboration with Emeritus Professor Atholl Anderson and the late Dame Judith Binney—and the essay collection she co-edited with Melissa Matutina Williams, Maranga! Maranga! Maranga! The Call to Māori History: Essays from Te Pouhere Kōrero, 1999–2023 (Bridget Williams Books, 2024). Aroha is a former president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, a founding member of Te Pouhere Kōrero Māori historians’ collective and former president of the New Zealand Historical Association. She was a Waitangi Tribunal member from 2008 to 2023.

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Published

2025-10-22

How to Cite

Harris, A. (2025). He Poroporoaki: A Farewell to M.P.K. Sorrenson, 1932–2025. Waka Kuaka, 134(3), 317–322. Retrieved from https://thepolynesiansociety.org/index.php/JPS/article/view/789

Issue

Vol. 134 No. 3 (2025): Waka Kuaka | Journal of the Polynesian Society

Section

Tribute

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