1. (loan) (personal name) Sydney.

1. (personal name) (1950-2003) Tūhoe, Ngāti Kahungunu; composer and singer of songs in Māori, Hirini spearheaded the research and revival of the making and playing of traditional Māori musical instruments. Associate Professor at The University of Waikato where he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2002.

(Te Māhuri Textbook (Ed. 2): 162-171; Te Pihinga Study Guide (Ed. 1): 126-127;)

1. (loan) (personal name) Syd Jackson - well-known campaigner for Māori rights and a trade union activist.

1. Ngāti Awa; carver, writer, professor and leader of Ngāti Awa. Educated at Te Teko, St Stephen's School, Te Aute, University of Auckland and the University of Southern Illinois from which he graduated with a PhD. Lecturer at the University of Auckland and then founding Professor of Māori at Victoria University of Wellington. Establish Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi at Whakatāne. Chief negotiator for the Ngāti Awa claims settled in 2005. He was appointed to the Waitangi Tribunal in 2003.

1. (personal name) a group of players of traditional Māori music and instrument makers established under the leadership of Dr Hirini Melbourne.