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Dame Joan Metge
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Alice Joan Metge
21 February 1930 Auckland, New Zealand
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| Alma mater | University of Auckland London School of Economics |
Dame Alice Joan Metge DBE (born 21 February 1930) is a New Zealand social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer.
Biography
Metge was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Roskill on 21 February 1930, the daughter of Alice Mary Metge (née Rigg) and Cedric Leslie Metge. She was educated at Matamata District High School and Epsom Girls' Grammar School. She went on to study at Auckland University College, graduating Master of Arts with first-class honours in 1952, and the London School of Economics where she earned her PhD in 1958.
As of 2004, she continued to advance peace initiatives via her work as a member of the Waitangi National Trust Board, a conference presenter, adviser, and as a mentor to mediators and conflict management practitioners. A scholar on Māori topics, she has been recognised for promoting cross-cultural awareness and has published a number of books and articles in her career. She has likened the relationship among the people of New Zealand to "a rope [of] many strands which when woven or working together create a strong nation" (as paraphrased by Silvia Cartwright).
Honours and awards
Metge was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to anthropology. In 1990, she received the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. She was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand's Te Rangi Hiroa Medal for her research in the social sciences in 1997. In 2001, the University of Auckland awarded Metge an honorary LittD degree. In 2006 she received the Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize in Suva, Fiji. In 2017, Metge was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.
Dame Joan Metge Medal
In recognition of Metge's contribution to social sciences, the Royal Society of New Zealand established the Dame Joan Metge Medal in 2006, which is awarded every two years to a New Zealand social scientist for excellence in teaching, research and/or other activities contributing to capacity building and beneficial relationships between research participants.
The Dame Joan Metge Medal was first awarded in 2008 and recipients of the medal have been:
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| 2008 | Diana Lennon | Her research as a paediatrician scientist has made a major impact on the lives of New Zealand children |
| Philippa Howden-Chapman | Her research has had a major impact on our understanding of the link between housing, energy and health | |
| 2010 | Richie Poulton | For his work as director of the University of Otago longitudinal study which is following the health and development of more than 1000 babies born in Dunedin in 1972/3 providing substantial contributions to new knowledge |
| Richard Bedford | For his contribution to the development of social sciences over a long period, and has made major contributions to new knowledge in the field of migration, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region | |
| 2012 | Janet Holmes | For her outstanding contribution to linguistics |
| Linda Tuhiwai Smith | For her outstanding contribution in inspiring, mentoring and developing the capacity of Māori researchers through teaching and research | |
| 2014 | Alison Jones | For the significant impact she has made on New Zealand educational research and practice, particularly on Māori-Pākehā educational relationships and women's education at tertiary level |
| 2016 | Stuart McNaughton | For his contributions to the building of research capacity in educational sciences, advancing literacy and language development, and for his evidence-based impact on educational policy both nationally and internationally |
| 2018 | Suzanne Pitama | For her considerable contribution to inspiring and developing new research capacity and knowledge for health professional education to address critical Indigenous health inequities in Aotearoa New Zealand |
| 2020 | Steven Ratuva | For his mahi on ethnicity, racism and affirmative action, with expertise in conflict and social protection |
| 2022 | Yvonne Underhill-Sem | For intellectual leadership on gendered social relations and development studies |
