Pauline Kingi

Pauline Kumeroa Kingi, CNZM (born 3 May 1951 in Napier, New Zealand) is a well-known Māori community leader.

Biography

Pauline Kingi received an LL.M. from Harvard and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in 1980 and is also a Corporate director, with membership of both the Institute of Directors and the New Zealand Institute of Management. Her extensive community and public sector involvement has spanned over 28 years.

She is a past Chancellor of the Auckland University of Technology and lodged the application for AIT to become the first University of Technology in New Zealand, and is credited as being a key contributor in the making of AUT. In June 2004, she was elected to the New Zealand Institute of Management, Auckland Division, and is the first Māori to be appointed to this body.

She has received recognition with a Suffrage Honour for services to women in 1994, and in 1999 received the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to New Zealand. In 2000 she was selected for an inaugural Manawahine Award, from the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and received this Award from Te Arikinui, Dame Te Atairangikaahu. She is currently working in Te Puni Kōkiri as the Regional Director for Auckland, the largest region in New Zealand under one director.