Tamati Reedy

Tamati Reedy, 89, died on May 22, 2026. Tamati Reedy was known publicly as a New Zealand Māori academic and rugby union player and public servant. Sir Tamati Muturangi Reedy (born 16 July 1936) is a New Zealand Māori academic and former public servant and rugby union player. He served as secretary of the Department of Maori Affairs between 1983 and 1989, during which time he was involved in the Māori loans affair. He was the foundation dean and professor of the School of Māori and Pacific Development at the University of Waikato in 1996, and was later the professor of Māori sustainable enterprise in the School of Management at Waikato. He was knighted, for services to education, in 2011. Public biographical listings identify Reedy as a New Zealand Māori academic. Reedy was also associated with rugby union player and public servant. This public record remains centered on Reedy's work as a New Zealand Māori academic and rugby union player and public servant and the documented milestones of that career.