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Angela Ballara

Angela Ballara

New Zealand historian (1944–2021)

Heather Angela Ballara (née Devitt; 16 August 1944 – 17 September 2021) was a New Zealand historian who specialised in Māori history. She was appointed a member of the Waitangi Tribunal in 2004.[2] After a short break, she was reappointed to the role in 2015.[3]

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She was born on 16 August 1944,[4] and studied at the University of Auckland, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1969, and a Master of Arts in history in 1973.[3] Her master's thesis had the title Warfare and government in Ngapuhi tribal society, 1814–1833: institutions of authority and the function of warfare in the period of early settlement, 1814–1833, in the Bay of Islands and related territories.[5] She later completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington in 1991 on the origins of Ngāti Kahungunu.[6] An authority on Māori customary history, Ballara was the editorial officer (Māori) for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography for 15 years.[7]

Ballara died in Wellington on 17 September 2021, aged 77.[1]

Selected publications

  • Ballara, Angela (1986). Proud to be white? : a survey of Pakeha prejudice in New Zealand. Auckland: Heinemann. ISBN 0868632929.
  • Ballara, Angela (1998). Iwi : the dynamics of Maori tribal organisation from c.1769 to c.1945. Wellington: Victoria University Press. ISBN 0864733283.
  • Ballara, Angela (2003). Taua : 'musket wars', 'land wars' or tikanga? : warfare in Maori society in the early nineteenth century. Auckland: Penguin. ISBN 9780143018896.

References

  1. [1]
    "Heather Ballara death notice". Dominion Post. 22 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Waitangi Tribunal appointments made". New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Ngā kānohi hōu – new Tribunal members and officers" (PDF). Te Manutukutuku. No. 67. February 2015. p. 4. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    "In memory of Angela Heather Ballara". Tributes Online. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  5. [5]
    Ballara, Angela (1973). Warfare and government in Ngapuhi tribal society, 1814-1833 : institutions of authority and the function of warfare in the period of early settlement, 1814-1833, in the Bay of Islands and related territories (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/5920.
  6. [6]
    The origins of Ngati Kahungunu (PhD). Victoria University of Wellington. 1991. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Ngā kānohi hōu – new Tribunal members and officers" (PDF). Te Manutukutuku. No. 59. May 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 23 September 2021.


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