Mason Durie (psychiatrist)

Sir Mason Durie KNZM FRSNZ FRANZCP
Emeritus Professor Sir Mason Durie
Born	Mason Harold Durie (1938-12-04) 4 December 1938 (age 78)
Nationality	New Zealand
Fields	Psychiatry
Institutions	Professor, Massey University
Alma mater	University of Otago (MBChB) McGill University (GradDipPsych)
Notable awards	KNZM (2010)

Sir Mason Harold Durie KNZM (born 4 December 1938) is a New Zealand professor of Māori Studies and research academic at Massey University. He is known for his contributions to Māori health.

Durie has affiliations with the Rangitane, Ngāti Kauwhata and Ngāti Raukawa tribes of New Zealand. He grew up in Feilding and attended Te Aute College, Hawke's Bay. John Mason Durie was his grandfather, and he is the older brother of former High Court judge and chief judge of the Māori Land Court, Sir Eddie Durie. He married Arihia Kohere, granddaughter of Reweti Tuhorouta Kohere. One of his daughters, Awerangi, is married to politician and radio personality, John Tamihere, while his eldest son, Meihana is currently working on producing a movie about Reweti Kohere's brother, Henare Mokena Kohere. His wife and their children are also descendants of Gisborne founding father, Thomas Halbert and his fifth wife, Kaikiri.

Durie graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1963. He has a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry from McGill University, Canada, and was Director of Psychiatry at Palmerston North Hospital before his appointment to the Royal Commission on Social Policy from 1986 to 1988.