Linda Waimarie Nikora
Linda Waimarie Nikora | |
|---|---|
At 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa | |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Waikato |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indigenous, Community and Social psychology; Kaupapa Maori Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Waikato, University of Auckland |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral students | Kiri Edge, Byron Seiuli, Saburo Omura |
Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is Māori, of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāi Tūhoe descent. She is currently professor of Indigenous Studies and co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at the University of Auckland, having moved in 2017 from the University of Waikato where she had been a professor of psychology and the founding Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology.
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, while in 2021 she was awarded their Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.
Notable students of Nikora include Bridgette Masters-Awatere.