Arohia Ernestine, Lady Durie () is a New Zealand MÃÂori educationalist. She was the first professor of MÃÂori education at Massey University, where she was appointed full professor in 2001. Durie led the development of the first te reo MÃÂori immersion graduate course. She retired from the university before or during 2010. Durie's husband is psychiatrist Mason Durie, and their son, Meihana, is also a professor at Massey University.
Durie was born Arohia Ernestine KÃ Âhere, and raised at Rangiata Station, near East Cape. Her parents were KÃÂkatÃÂrau Kohere, who was a farmer and kaitiaki of the family's land, and Lorraine Kohere, who was from the South Island, and came to the area as a schoolteacher at East Cape School. Her paternal grandfather was RÃÂweti KÃ Âhere. Durie completed a PhD at Massey University in 2002.
Durie affiliates to NgÃÂti Porou, NgÃÂi Tahu, and Rongowhakaata iwi. She is married to psychiatrist Mason Durie, and her son Meihana Durie is also a professor of education at Massey University.
Durie is a MÃÂori educationalist. She was appointed head of Te Uru MÃÂraurau, the MÃÂori and Multicultural Education School at Massey University, in 1997. Durie and Huia Jahnke were responsible for creating the curriculum for the first graduate immersion course in te reo MÃÂori, the teacher education degree programme Te Aho TÃÂtairangi. In 2001, Durie was appointed the university's first professor of MÃÂori education. She retired from the university before or during 2010.
Durie was invited to give the Herbison Lecture, in memory of Dame Jean Herbison, at the 2002 New Zealand Association for Research in Education conference. Her lecture was titled "Whakamua Whakamuri MÃÂori research".