Joseph Northover

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu

Joseph Northover has served as kaumatua for a diverse range of organisations, including the Eastern Institute of Technology, the Eastern Police Regional District, Legal Services Hawkes Bay, and the Matai Manatu Trust. He has tutored in the bachelor of arts (Māori) programme at the Eastern Institute of Technology and has been claimant consultant at the Crown Forestry Rental Trust. He has also been a member of the board of directors for the Aotea Forestry Training Trust, the Hastings and Guilin Sister Cities, and the Ngāti Kahungungu Iwi Incorporation. He is a translator and interpretor for the Ministry of Justice in Napier.

Mr Northover is chairman of the 28 Māori Battalion D Company Heretaunga Branch and is patron of the New Zealand Māori Wardens Association. He is also a Ringatū minister of religion.

In 2007 Joseph Northover received the Tā Kingi Ihaka Te Waka Toi Award in recognition of a lifetime contribution to the development and retention of Māori arts and culture.

Mr Northover was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2002.

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