Claudia Orange
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Dame Claudia Orange DNZM OBE |
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| Born | Claudia Josepha Bell 17 April 1938 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Fields | New Zealand history |
| Alma mater | University of Auckland |
| Thesis | The Treaty of Waitangi: a study of its making, interpretation and role in New Zealand history (1984) |
| Spouse | Rod Orange |
| Children | Three |
Dame Claudia Josepha Orange DNZM OBE (née Bell, born 17 April 1938) is a New Zealand historian best known for her 1987 book The Treaty of Waitangi, which won 'Book of the Year' at the Goodman Fielder Wattie Book Award in 1988.
Since 2013 she has been the head of research at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington, where she was previously the director of collections and research.
Orange was born in Auckland in 1938. Her father, Monty Bell, was a fluent speaker of te reo Māori, knew Āpirana Ngata and joined the Department of Māori Affairs in Gisborne, so she grew up well aware of Māori issues. She trained and practised as a dental nurse for 15 years before starting university studies. She is married to Rod Orange and has three adult children.
From 1975 to 1983 Orange was a history lecturer at the University of Auckland. From 1990 she was general editor of the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, having been associate editor previously; she also worked on Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. She was also an associate editor for the new Dictionary of National Biography (Britain).
Between 1997 and 2000 she was acting chief historian of the History Branch in the Department of Internal Affairs. Late in 2003 she became director of history and Pacific cultures at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in Wellington. Since 2013 Orange has been the head of research at Te Papa.
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