Mead, Sidney Moko Biography 1971

MEAD, Sidney Moko
Senior lecturer, Department of Anthropology, AU [Auckland University]
Born: Wairoa, HB [Hawke’s Bay], 8 January 1927, son of SM Mead; married June Erica, daughter of Raana Walker; 2 daughters
Education: Te Teko Maori School, Rangitahi Maori School, St Stephen’s College, Te Aute College, Auckland Teachers’ College, AU, Southern Illinois University; BA [Bachelor of Art], MA [Master of Art], Dip Teaching [Diploma of Teaching], Carnegie fellow 1965-68
Assistant area organiser in art & craft, East Coast 1949, Bay of Plenty 1951; head teacher Minginui Maori School 1951-57; Waimarama Maori School 1957-60; Whatawhata School 1960-62; assistant lecturer Maori Studies AU 1963-65; predoctoral research assistant SIU [Southern Illinois University] 1965-68; Wenner-Gren research fellow 1967-68 at Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts;  lecturer department of Anthropology, AU 1968; senior lecturer 1970-
Published: Taniko Weaving, 1952; We Speak Maori, 1959; Ko te Tahae nei ko Tawhaki, 1960; The Art of Maori Carving, 1961; Selected Readings in Maori, 1963; (with B Biggs & P Hohepa AU); He Kohikohinga Aronui, 1964, with B Biggs (AU); Selected Readings in Maori, 1967; The Art of Taaniko Weaving, 1968; Traditional Maori Clothing 1969; short stories in Te Ao Hou
Private address: (NZ) 60 Valonia St, Avondale, Auckland