Rate My Professor Tiopira McDowell

Tiopira McDowell is a senior lecturer in Māori Studies and co-head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland. He holds a PhD from the University of Auckland and serves as Associate Head of School: Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Arts and Education, within Māori and Pacific Studies. His academic appointments at the University of Auckland include his current roles, with service as a lecturer dating back to at least 2013.

McDowell’s research centres on Māori political movements, activism, government policy, and Treaty claim settlements. Key publications include the 2007 study “‘Riria te riri, mahia te mahi’: the politics and development of modern Maori activism 1968-78”, the 2015 article “Taua Nākahi Nui: Māori, liquor and land loss in the 19th century”, and the 2018 article “Diverting the Sword of Damocles: Why Did the Crown Choose to Settle Māori Historical Treaty Claims?”. He has also conducted research on Māori views of the Treaty settlements process. McDowell is of Ngāti Hine descent.

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