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Linda Waimarie Nikora

New Zealand psychology academic

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Nikora attended Hukarere Girls' College in Napier, New Zealand, before moving to the University of Waikato for both her undergraduate and PhD work. Her 2007 PhD thesis was entitled Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i.

In 2018, Nikora was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, and in 2021 she was awarded their Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.

Nikora's book, Mau Moko: The world of Māori tattoo, published in 2007, was listed in Books of Mana as one of the 180 most significant works of Māori-authored non-fiction.

Notable students of Nikora include Bridgette Masters-Awatere.

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