[3] Morris Matthews worked as a secondary school teacher and then lectured in women's studies at the University of Waikato.
[5] She served on the national executive of the New Zealand Council for Research in Education, and has been a justice of the peace since 1985.
The exhibition was displayed at Tairawhiti Museum in 2017, and Morris Matthews wrote the accompanying book.
[6] Notable doctoral students of Morris Matthews include Anne Else and Alice Pollard.
[7][8] On her retirement from the Eastern Institute of Technology in 2021, Morris Matthews was appointed emeritus professor.