Dr Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngati Awa, Ngati Porou, Tuhourangi) is Distinguished Professor at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. She is a leading indigenous studies scholar, educationalist and kaupapa Maori researcher and has given many addresses and written many publications in these areas. She was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2013 for her services to Maori and education and received a Prime Minister's Lifetime Achievement Award for Education in 2017. She was awarded the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Puawaitanga Award for Research Excellence in Te Ao Maori and Indigenous Knowledge in 2018, and she received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg Canada in the same year.