11 Facts About Toby Curtis

Sir Noble Thomson "Toby" Curtis was a New Zealand educator and Maori leader.

Toby Curtis was educated by the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart at St Michael's school, Rotorua, and St Peter's Maori College in Auckland.

Toby Curtis played representative rugby union for Counties and Bay of Plenty.

Toby Curtis studied at Ardmore Teachers' College and the University of Auckland, graduating with a Diploma of Teaching in 1972, and a Master of Arts degree in 1980.

Toby Curtis later completed a PhD at the University of Auckland in 2005, titled An investigation of how Hawaiki knowledge is fundamental for Maori leadership, in which he sought to contribute to more authentic traditional knowledge in modern Maori society and to discussion of Maori leadership.

Toby Curtis was director of primary teacher education at Auckland College of Education and then dean of the education faculty at Auckland Institute of Technology during the 1990s, becoming deputy vice chancellor at Auckland University of Technology in 2000.

Toby Curtis was appointed chair of the Iwi Education Authority for Nga Kura-a-Iwi o Aotearoa in 2012.

Toby Curtis has served on the council of Te Wananga o Aotearoa.

Toby Curtis chaired the Te Arawa Lakes Trust, and was a member of the Iwi Chairs Forum.

Toby Curtis served on the police commissioner's Maori Focus Forum.

Toby Curtis died at his home on Lake Rotoiti on 17 August 2022, at the age of 82.