| Arapata Tamati Hakiwai | |
|---|---|
| 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.
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.
In 2014 Hakiwai completed a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington with a thesis on the politics of Māori tribal identity.
Career
Hakiwai was a teacher at Wellington High School before starting work in the museum sector in 1989.
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).
Personal life
Hakiwai is of Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Te Papa appoints Arapata Hakiwai to Kaihautū role | Scoop News". Scoop.co.nz. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 17 July 2014.
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