Professor Jacinta Ruru with the Rt Hon Dame Helen Winkelmann.
The investiture of Professor Jacinta Ruru, MNZM, of Port Chalmers, for services to Māori and the law, took place on 21 September 2022 at Government House in Wellington.
Professor Jacinta Ruru was recognised for her contributions to Māori and the law. She is a law lecturer at the University of Otago, specialising in Tikanga Māori and Indigenous laws. She was one of the first wāhine Māori elected Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Visit Wellington Investiture 21 September 2022 (Governor-General's website)