Sir Mason Harold Durie KNZM FRSNZ FRANZCP is a New Zealand professor of Māori Studies and research academic at Massey University.
Background
Durie grew up in Feilding and attended Te Aute College, Hawke"s Bay.
Education
Durie graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1963. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry from McGill University, Canada, and was Director of Psychiatry at Palmerston North Hospital before his appointment to the Royal Commission on Social Policy from 1986-1988.
Career
He is known for his contributions to Māori health. He has affiliations with the Rangitane, Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Raukawa tribes of New Zealand. Durie is Emeritus Professor of Māori Research & Development at Massey University.
Durie is the older brother of former High Court Judge and Chief Judge of the Maori Land Court The Honourable Sir Edward (Eddie) Taihakurei Durie KNZM.