Hei Taonga mā ngā Uri Whakatipu | Treasures for the Rising Generation: The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923
A landmark book about four remarkable museum expeditions that contributed to a recovery of Māori society
Natalie Robertson
Centring Waiapu River, the ancestral river of Ngāti Porou – world-famous for its erosion – much of Dr Natalie Robertson’s creative practice and research is based in Te Tai Rāwhiti, her East Coast Ngāti Porou homelands, to advance Māori counter-narratives to settler-colonialism. Natalie is a photographer, moving-image artist, writer and Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology. Her PhD thesis, Tātara e maru ana: Renewing ancestral connections with the sacred rain cape of Waiapu Kōkā Hūhua (2021) led to the photographic series shown in the exhibition ‘Hīnaki: Contemplation of a Form’ (2023–24) at Te Papa. Natalie is a principal lead in AWA (Artists for Waiapu Action), alongside tohunga taiao Graeme Atkins. Their project 'He Uru Mānuka, He Uru Kānuka' (2024) exhibited at the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT11), Gallery of Modern Art in Meanjin/Brisbane, Australia. Natalie contributed extensively to the book Hei Taonga Mā Ngā Uri Whakatipu: Treasures for the Rising Generation: The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923, published in 2021 by Te Papa Press.
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Hei Taonga mā ngā Uri Whakatipu: author biographies and interview
The authors behind Hei Taonga mā ngā Uri Whakatipu | Treasures for the Rising Generation: The Dominion Museum Ethnological Expeditions 1919–1923, discuss their work with Te Papa Press