Matariki Williams is a Māori curator and writer based in Whakatane, New Zealand. In 2021, she was appointed Pou Matua Mātauranga Māori, Senior Historian, Mātauranga Māori at Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in Wellington. She is a member of the Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Whakaue, and Ngāti Hauiti iwis.
Early life and education
Williams grew up in Tauranga. She obtained an undergraduate degree in Māori studies and history at the Victoria University of Wellington. She pursued a master's degree in Museum and Heritage Studies.
Career
Williams became a Matauranga Maori curator at Te Papa in late 2016. Williams is co-founder of and co-editor (alongside Bridget Reweti) of ATE Journal of Maori Arts.
Personal life
As of 2020, Williams has a partner and two children.
Publications
Protest: Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance (2019), coauthor Te Manu Huna A Tāne (2020), contributor
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century New Zealand women writers 21st-century New Zealand writers New Zealand Māori writers New Zealand Māori women New Zealand curators New Zealand women curators Ngāi Tūhoe people Ngāti Whakaue people Ngāti Hauiti people