What is Te Wharehuia Milroy?
[[File:Wharehuia Milroy CNZM (cropped).jpg|thumb|Milroy in May 2012|200px]] '''James Te Wharehuia Milroy''' {{Small|[[New Zealand Order of Merit|CNZM]] [[Queen's Service Order|QSO]]}} (24 July 1937 – 7 May 2019) was a [[New Zealand]] [[academic]]. He is best known for his work as an expert in the [[Māori language]]. He worked and lectured at the [[University of Waikato]] in the Māori Department. In 2003, he was made a Companion of the [[Queen's Service Order]] for public services. He was made a Companion of the [[New Zealand Order of Merit]] in 2012. A [[Māori people|Māori]] man himself, he was from a [[Ngāi Tūhoe]] background. Milroy died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=james-te-wharehuia-milroy&pid=192820166&|title=Professor James Te Wharehuia Milroy|work=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=7 May 2019|access-date=7 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/revered-reo-exponent-te-wharehuia-milroy-has-passed-away|title=Revered reo exponent Te Wharehuia Milroy has passed away|publisher=Māori Television|date=7 May 2019|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507010852/https://www.maoritelevision.com/news/regional/revered-reo-exponent-te-wharehuia-milroy-has-passed-away|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Milroy, Te Wharehuia}} [[Category:1937 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand academics]] [[Category:New Zealand Māori people]] {{Bio-stub}}