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Dame Anne Salmond, DBE, Fellow RSNZ (born 1945) is a noted New Zealand historian, anthropologist and writer. She and her husband, Jeremy, live in Auckland and have three children. She is currently writing a book about the impact of Polynesia on Captain Cook.

Career

Dame Anne Salmond is a Distinguished Professor of Maori Studies and Anthropology at the University of Auckland.

For many years she worked closely with Eruera and Amiria Stirling, noted elders of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngati Porou. Their collaboration led to three books:

a) Hui: A Study of Maori Ceremonial Gatherings (1971-72) - awarded the Elsdon Best memorial gold medal for distinction in Maori ethnology in 1976
b) Amiria, which won a Wattie Book of the Year Award in 1977
c) Eruera: Teachings of a Maori Elder won first prize in the Wattie Book of the Year Awards in 1981

Dame Anne's major work, Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772 was published in 1991. Between Worlds: Early Exchanges Between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815 followed on from this work. This was followed by The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas which won the the History Category and the Montana Medal for Non Fiction at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards 2004. The same year, Anne Salmond received the Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction.

Dame Anne Salmond has served on the boards of the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology, the Museum of New Zealand, and was chair of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust from 2001 to 2007.

Honours

In 1988 she received the CBE for services to literature and the Maori people and in 1990 she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. In 1995 she became a Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to New Zealand history. In Novemeber 2007,she was elected as an inaugural Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities, Te Mātanga o Te Whāinga Aronui. In 2008, she became the fourth New Zealander to be elected a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

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 ==Honours==
-In 1988 she received the [[CBE]] for services to literature and the Maori people and in 1990 she was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of New Zealand]]. In 1995 she became a [[Dame Commander of the British Empire]] for services to New Zealand history.
+In 1988 she received the [[CBE]] for services to literature and the Maori people and in 1990 she was made a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of New Zealand]]. In 1995 she became a [[Dame Commander of the British Empire]] for services to New Zealand history. In Novemeber 2007,she was elected as an inaugural Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities, Te Mātanga o Te Whāinga Aronui. In 2008, she became the fourth New Zealander to be elected a corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
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