Arapata Hakiwai
Arapata Tamati Hakiwai | |
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Alma mater | Victoria University of Wellington |
Scientific career | |
Thesis | Te Toi Whakairo O Ngāti Kahungunu: The Carving Traditions of Ngāti Kahungunu (2003) |
Arapata Tamati Hakiwai is a New Zealand museum curator of Māori collections. He is a principal investigator with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, a Māori research centre at University of Auckland.[1]
He is the current Kaihautū, or Māori leader, of Te Papa, and was the museum's acting chief executive before the appointment of Rick Ellis.[2][3]
In 2014 Hakiwai completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington with a thesis on the politics of Māori tribal identity.[4]
Career
Hakiwai was a teacher at Wellington High School before starting work in the museum sector in 1989.[5]
While at Te Papa he has been involved in the repatriation of a number of Maori kōiwi tangata (human remains) from overseas institutions, and has also led a project involving the "digital repatriation" of taonga (cultural treasures).[3][5]
Personal life
Hakiwai is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Arapata Hakiwai | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga". Maramatanga.ac.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ "Victoria PhD student appointed as Te Papa's Kaihautū | Victoria University of Wellington". Victoria.ac.nz. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ a b "Executive team – Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ". Tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
- ^ Hakiwai, Arapata (2014). He mana taonga, he mana tangata: Māori taonga and the politics of Māori tribal identity and development (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/wgtn.17008429.
- ^ a b "Te Papa appoints Arapata Hakiwai to Kaihautū role | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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