Ranginui Walker

Ranginui Walker

BornRanginui Joseph Isaac Walker
(1932-03-01)1 March 1932
Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Died29 February 2016(2016-02-29) (aged 83)
Auckland, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Notable awardsPrime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement
Scientific career
ThesisThe social adjustment of the Maori to urban living in Auckland (1970)

Ranginui Joseph Isaac Walker DCNZM (1 March 1932 – 29 February 2016) was a New Zealand academic, author, and activist of Māori and Lebanese descent. Walker wrote about Māori land rights and cultural identity in his books and columns for the weekly New Zealand Listener and the monthly Metro magazine throughout the 1980s and 1990s.