About/bio
Ko Horouta te waka,
Ko Papatu te maunga,
Ko Te Arai te Uru te awa,
Ko Ohako te marae,
Ko Ngāi Tāwhiri, me Ngāi te Kete ngā hapū,
Ko Ngāti Ruapani me Rongowhakaata ngā iwi.
My career in Heritage and Museums spans 22 years, from my humble beginnings as an arts student at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, studying Anthropology, Archaeology and Māori Studies, to an Honours degree in Māori Material Culture, and eventually a Masters in Cultural Materials Conservation at The University of Melbourne, Australia, after receiving a Te Māori Manaaki Taonga Fellowship in 2008.
During my professional career, I have worked in conservation, collection preservation, collection relocation and collection management positions.
CONSERVATORS. CARING FOR CULTURE. CARING FOR COLLECTIONS.
In 2016, I founded Tiaki Objects Conservation.
We are a community-centred conservation practice, located in Melbourne’s south-east.
We work across a range of objects, decorative artworks and with cultural heritage collections and heritage communities throughout Melbourne, Victoria and Australia and internationally. By creating space for active, collaborative conversations, we are able to customise our conservation services to meet the needs of our community.