Matariki Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Hauiti, Taranaki, Ngāti Whakaue). She is Pou Matua Mātauranga Māori | Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at Manatū Taonga | Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Matariki is the co-author of Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance (Te Papa Press, 2019), and co-editor of ATE Journal of Māori Art. Matariki is a Trustee of Contemporary HUM, and her writing has featured in frieze, Art in America, Pantograph Punch, e-Tāngata, ArtZone, and The Spinoff.

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Verb Festival 2021 appearances:
Tui, tui, tuiā, Sun 7 Nov, 1pm.