Gabrielle Huria
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Gabrielle Ann Huria {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (born 1962) is a New Zealand Māori leader working in freshwater management and mental health. In 2018 Huria was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and governance.
Early life and education
Huria was born in Christchurch in 1962.{{Cite web |title=Gabrielle Ann Huria, Ngāi Tahu, 1962 - |url=https://www.komako.org.nz/person/375 |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Kōmako: a bibliography of writing by Māori in English}} She is Māori and affiliates to Ngāi Tahu. Huria attended Our Lady of the Assumption school in Hoon Hay in Christchurch, and the St Vincent de Paul School (known as the Rigi) and Erskine College in Wellington.{{Cite web |last=Romanos |first=Joseph |date=28 August 2013 |title=When The Rigi was the main coach road |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/8453349/When-The-Rigi-was-the-main-coach-road |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}} She has qualifications in journalism and television production from Waiariki Polytechnic and Christchurch Polytechnic. Huria completed a Bachelor of Arts in sociology at the University of Canterbury.
Career
Huria worked in television as a journalist, researcher and scriptwriter, and then as a producer for television and radio. Huria spent five years as a producer for the children's radio show Ears, and has published two children's books. Huria worked in public relations, and was public affairs manager for Te Runanga o Ngāi Tahu, before becoming chief executive and chair of Ngāi Tahu Communications. Huria was responsible for the communications strategy for Ngāi Tahu during their treaty negotiations and during the post-settlement period, and created and edited a magazine Te Karaka.
Huria has also been a member of the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre Advisory Board.{{Cite web |date=2024-04-28 |title=Inside iwi governance with Lisa Tumahai {{!}} IoD NZ |url=https://www.iod.org.nz/all-events/canterbury-branch-event/inside-iwi-governance-with-lisa-tumahai-former-chair-for-te-runanga-o-ngai-tahu |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=The Institute of Directors |language=en}}
Huria was Deputy Chair of the Canterbury District Health Board, and chief executive of Te Kura Taka Pini, a Ngāi Tahu company working in South Island freshwater management.{{Cite web |title=Māia Health Foundation Welcomes Gabrielle Huria as New Trustee |url=https://www.maiahealth.org.nz/news/maia-welcomes-new-trustee-gabrielle-huria |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Maia Health Foundation |language=en-NZ}}{{Cite news |last=McClure |first=Tess |date=2021-12-24 |title=Trauma, dislocation, pollution: why Māori leaders want control of the South Island's water |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/25/trauma-dislocation-pollution-why-maori-leaders-want-control-of-the-south-islands-water |access-date=2024-12-25 |work=The Guardian}} She was a trustee of the Māia Health Foundation, which works in mental health. In 2014 Huria was appointed as the inaugural chair of Emerge Aotearoa, a provider of mental health services for Māori and Pacific people.
Honours and awards
In the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours, Huria was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and governance.{{Cite web |date=2018-06-04 |title=Queen's Birthday Honours 2018 - Citations for Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit {{!}} Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) |url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/honours/lists/qb2018-mnzm |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=www.dpmc.govt.nz |language=en}} In 2019 she was a finalist in the Board and management section of the Women of Influence Awards.{{Cite web |title=2019 Finalists |url=https://www.womenofinfluence.co.nz/2019-finalists |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Women of Influence |language=en-US}}
Personal life
Huria's sister is company director Jane Huria.{{Cite news |date=June 1998 |title=Sisters thrilled to be part of the Ngai Tahu 'experience' |work=Kokiri Paetae}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiOhp84hwwQ Braided Rivers 2024 Seminar: A year in the life of the Rakahuri], presentation by Gabrielle Huria, 13 Jul 2024, at Lincoln University, via YouTube
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Category:New Zealand journalists
Category:University of Canterbury alumni
Category:Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit