Sir Noble Thomson "Toby" Curtis KNZM (13 November 1939 – 17 August 2022) was a New Zealand educator and Māori leader.

[1] Curtis studied at Ardmore Teachers' College and the University of Auckland, graduating with a Diploma of Teaching in 1972, and a Master of Arts degree in 1980.

[4] He later completed a PhD at the University of Auckland in 2005, titled An investigation of how Hawaiki knowledge is fundamental for Maori leadership, in which he sought to contribute to more authentic traditional knowledge in modern Māori society and to discussion of Māori leadership.

He was appointed chair of the Iwi Education Authority for Ngā Kura-ā-Iwi o Aotearoa (tribal immersion schools) in 2012.

[7] In the 2014 New Year Honours, Curtis was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori education.