Austin Haynes

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Austin Haynes is a Pākehā scholar, Māori language translator and operatic countertenor based in Te Whanganui a Tara | Wellington. He is currently a Wellington Doctoral Scholar at Te Herenga Waka l Victoria University Wellington where he is researching a PhD thesis on the history of literary and song translation between te reo Māori and English. He is currently also translating all of Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets into te reo Māori.

He kairangahau Pākehā a Austin Haynes, he kaiwhakawhiti reo Māori, he kaiwaiata ōpera anō hoki. Ināianei, e whai ana ia i tana tohu kairangi kei Te Herenga Waka e aro ana ki te hītori o te whakamāori i te mātātuhi me ngā kupu waiata i waengarahi i te reo Māori me te reo Pākehā. E mahi hoki ana ia ki te whakamāori i ngā “sonnets” katoa a Hākipia, 154 te maha.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Student on History of Māori Translation, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Education

  • 2026 
    Te Taura Whiri - Māori Language Commission, Toi Reo Māori translator's certification
  • 2024 
    University of Oxford, MSt English Literature, 1500-1750
  • 2022 
    University of Oxford, BA English Language and Literature

Grants and Contracts

  • 2026
    Colonial Shakespeare
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    FSRG from Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington

Honours

Marilyn Butler Prize (2024, University of Oxford) for highest scoring Masters thesis for English

Contact Austin for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision