to becoming leading te reo Māori and history scholar
Ross Calman began his quest to learn te reo Māori after finding a manuscript about his tipuna Te Rauparaha when “going off task” in the Canterbury University library in the 1990s.
Thirty years later, the same university is awarding Calman, one of the country’s leading Māori history scholars, an honorary degree in recognition for his work revitalising te reo Māori as a researcher, translator, writer and editor.
Calman (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāi Tahu) will receive an honorary doctorate – doctor of arts from Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha University of Canterbury (UC) at a graduation celebration being held at Christchurch Arena next Thursday.
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