Linda Tuhiwai Te Rina Smith CNZM (née Mead; born 1950) was a professor of indigenous education at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand and is now Distinguished Professor at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi. The daughter of Sidney Moko Mead, she affiliates to the Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Porou iwi.