Linda Waimarie Nikora

Linda Waimarie Nikora is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is Māori, of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāi Tūhoe descent. She is currently professor of Indigenous Studies and co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at the University of Auckland, having moved in 2017 from the University of Waikato where she had been a professor of psychology and the founding Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology.

Nikora attended Hukarere Girls College in Napier, New Zealand before moving to the University of Waikato for both her undergraduate and PhD work. Her 2007 PhD thesis was entitled "Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i."

In 2018, Nikora was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, while in 2021 she was awarded their Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.

Notable students of Nikora include Bridgette Masters-Awatere.

Selected works

 * Lapsley, Hilary, Linda Waimarie Nikora, and Rosanne Marjory Black. " Kia Mauri Tau!" Narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems. Mental Health Commission, 2002.
 * Hodgetts, D., Drew, N., Sonn, C., Stolte, O., Nikora, L. W., & Curtis, C. (2010). Social psychology and everyday life. Palgrave Macmillan.
 * Loto, R., Hodgetts, D., Chamberlain, K., Nikora, L. W., Karapu, R., & Barnett, A. (2006). Pasifika in the news: The portrayal of Pacific peoples in the New Zealand press. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 16(2), 100–118.
 * Nikora, L. W., Karapu, R., Hickey, H., & Te Awekotuku, N. (2004). Disabled Māori and disability support options.
 * Nikora, Linda Waimarie, Mohi Rua, and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. "Wearing moko: Maori facial marking in today's world." (2004): 191–203.
 * Ruru, Jacinta, and Linda Waimarie Nikora, eds. (2021). Ngā Kete Mātauranga: Māori scholars at the research interface. Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-988592-55-8