WNEWS 01.07: Tanga will help tell iwi histories
Related Podcast The Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s new senior Maori historian wants to see more of the way physical taonga can unlock stories. Matariki Williams has taken over the Pou Hītori Māori Matua role from Dr Monty Souter after working as curator matauranga Maori at Te Papa Tongarewa, where her mahi included co-writing the award-winning book Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. She says a major focus of the new mahi is helping iwi tell the stories of their settlements in their own words for the online Te Tai resource. She says while at Te Papa ...
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