Joan Metge
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Dame Dr. Joan Metge, DBE, Fellow RSNZ (b. 1930, Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand social anthropologist, educator, lecturer and writer. She was educated at Auckland University and the LSE where she earned her Ph.D in 1958.
Dr. Metge is a past winner of the Royal Society of New Zealand's Te Rangi Hiroa Medal for her research in the social sciences. She was knighted in 1987 for her services to anthropology. She continues to advance peace initiatives via her work as a member of the Waitangi National Trust Board, a conference presenter, adviser, and as a mentor to mediators and conflict management practitioners.
Dame Joan is a leading scholar on Maori topics, recognised for her outstanding promotion of cross-cultural awareness and has published a number of significant books and articles in her long and distinguished career. She has likened the relationship among the people of New Zealand to "a rope [of] many strands which when woven or working together create a strong nation".
On 2 July 2006 she was awarded the 2006 Asia-Pacific Mediation Forum Peace Prize in Suva, Fiji.
