New Zealand linguist of the Māori language (1921–2000)
Bruce Biggs
CBE FRSNZ
Born
4 September 1921
Auckland
Died
18 October 2000(2000-10-18) (aged 79)
Awards
Elsdon Best Medal
Academic background
Education
MA University of Auckland
PhD Indiana University Bloomington
Thesis
The Structure of New Zealand Maaori (1957)
Academic work
Discipline
Māori Studies
Institutions
University of Hawaii
University of Auckland
Notable students
Pat Hohepa, Sir Sidney Moko Mead, Ranginui Walker, Sir Robert Mahuta, Koro Dewes, Roger Oppenheim, Richard Benton, Wharehuia Milroy, Bernie Kernot, Merimeri Penfold, Sir Tamati Reedy, Dame Anne Salmond, David Simmons, David Walsh, Peter Ranby, Sir Pita Sharples, Parehuia Hopa, Margaret Orbell, Bill Nepia, Margaret Mutu
Bruce Grandison BiggsCBEFRSNZ (4 September 1921 – 18 October 2000) was an influential figure in the academic field of Māori studies in New Zealand. The first academic appointed (1950) to teach the Māori language at a New Zealand university, he taught and trained a whole generation of Māori academics.
Bruce Grandison Biggs CBE FRSNZ (4 September 1921 – 18 October 2000) was an influential figure in the academic field of Māori studies in New Zealand....
his incarceration in HM Prison Wandsworth, he met Bruce Reynolds. After his third prison sentence, Biggs tried to go straight and trained as a carpenter...
Biggs' journey from naïve young woman to Biggs' wife and the mother of three young sons. Money worries force her husband to ask for a loan from Bruce...
The Series. Biggs' final film appearance was in Special Report: Zombie Invasion, a short film also featuring Biggs' Babylon 5 costar, Bruce Boxleitner...
dictionary Cook Islands Maori Dictionary with English Finderlist (edited by BruceBiggs and Rangi Moekaʻ) has this entry: Avaiki, prop. n. Hawaiki, the legendary...
Rangitahi Native School. One of his teachers at the Murupara school was BruceBiggs, who later became a prominent Māori academic and mentor to a generation...
portrayed in the television series Mrs Biggs by Jay Simpson. He was also the subject of the song "Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds", originally by Nigel...
Zealand. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-313-32356-0. Biggs, Bruce (1995). Nga Iwi O Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People...
culture history. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Biggs, Bruce (1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994) and BruceBiggs and Ross Clark (1996), Pollex: Comparative Polynesian...
is reported by BruceBiggs, based on an 1898 manuscript by Hari Wahanui of Ōtorohanga. Jones & Biggs 2004, pp. 170, 178. Jones & Biggs 2004, pp. 170–171...
American actor Bruce Willis began his career in 1980 with an uncredited role in The First Deadly Sin. After guest-starring in a 1984 episode of Miami...
thriller film directed by Kevin Hooks. The film stars Wesley Snipes and Bruce Payne, with Snipes portraying a security consultant who finds himself forced...
Born Auckland, New Zealand Nationality New Zealand Academic background Doctoral advisor BruceBiggs Academic work Institutions University of Auckland...
it belonged to the Nuclear Polynesian group: Pawley and Green (1966), BruceBiggs (1978) and Jeffrey Marck (2000). The closest language to Wallisian is...
Mexico City visiting old friends Bruce Reynolds and Buster Edwards. Eleven months after Wilson's escape, in July 1965, Biggs escaped from Wandsworth Prison...
Jewish. In a 2020 interview for American Pie co-star Jason Biggs' show Outmatched, Biggs says that Eddie Kaye Thomas is a stage name. Thomas began his...
Andersen, H. D. Skinner, C. R. H. Taylor, W. R. Geddes, W. C. Groves, BruceBiggs, Melvyn McLean and Richard Moyle. The present editors are Judith Huntsman...
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