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Dr Wharehuia Milroy

  • Minister for Māori Affairs Nomination
  • from Hamilton
  • reappointed 1 February 2007 (published in New Zealand Gazette (pdf 288KB) page 164 on 25 January 2007)
  • first appointed in 1993
  • duration of appointment 3 years.

Dr Wharehuia Milroy is a Tuhoe kaumātua, and a current member of the Waitangi Tribunal.

He was a former commissioner for the Māori Language Commission and a Professor of Māori Studies at the University of Waikato and has knowledge on cultural redress using place names for Treaty Settlements.

 
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