Ngātata Love
Sir Ralph Herberley "Ngātata" Love GNZM QSO JP (born 7 September 1937) is a New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi negotiator, academic and Māori leader.[1] Love is a retired Professor Emeritus of Business Development at Victoria University of Wellington's Victoria Management School.[2] He once shared a house with his friend, Lorraine Skiffington. [3]
Love was born in 1937, the son of the Te Ati Awa leader Sir Ralph Love.[1] He was educated at Wellington College and attended university part-time.[1]
In the 2001 New Year Honours Love was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.[4] He was made a Principal Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori in the 2009 New Year Honours,[5] and later that year accepted re-designation as a Knight Grand Companion of the same order following the restoration of titular honours by the New Zealand government.[6][7] At the same time Love stated that he is a supporter of a New Zealand republic and that "Even though I am an avowed republican, we must never abandon the history we share with Britain. Particularly at times of conflict."[8]
In March 2009, Love suggested that secondary students should have the option of going to wananga (Māori tertiary institutions) rather than staying at school.[9]
In 2012 Love stepped aside from a number of positions representing Māori and the Serious Fraud Office said it was investigating a matter in relation to the Wellington Tenths Trust.[10]
In August 2016, Love went on trial, accused of defrauding his iwi. The Crown accused Love of taking two payments worth $1.5 million in late 2006 and early 2007. The payments were in exchange for showing favour toward Redwood Group, a property developer looking to develop Wellington Tenths Trust land near Parliament.[11] He was found guilty on 1 September 2016.[12] Love was subsequently sentenced to two and a half years imprisonment.[13]
References
- ^ a b c "Maori leader: honour reflects work of many". TVNZ. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
- ^ Ngatata Love - School of Management - Victoria University of Wellington. Victoria.ac.nz (2012-08-23). Retrieved on 2016-04-28.
- ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/83578170/sir-ngatata-love-trial-portrays-him-as-criminal-fraud-or-duped-friend
- ^ "New Year honours list 2001". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2000. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "New Year honours list 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Special honours list 1 August 2009". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Grand day for Sir Ngatata". New Zealand Herald. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Arise and awaken Sir Ngatata". The Dominion Post. 19 November 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
- ^ "Educator proposes radical approach for Maori students". Stuff. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2009.
- ^ SFO probes deals by Tenths Trust. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved on 2016-04-28.
- ^ "Professor Sir Ngatata Love, leading academic and treaty negotiator, on trial for defrauding his iwi". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Sir Ngatata Love should lose knighthood - Tenths Trust beneficiary call". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Sir Ngatata Love sentenced to two and a half years in prison". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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