Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War
The story of a defining campaign and a monumental exhibition.
Puawai Cairns
Puawai Cairns (Ngāti Pūkenga, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Ranginui) is the Director of Audience and Insight at Te Papa who made global headlines for “shaking her fist at the clouds”—challenging the International Committee of Museums on social media and forcing them to reconsider Eurocentric policies about taonga. From Tauranga Moana, she’s a curator, writer and cultural advocate who co-authored the award-winning Protest Tautohetohe, exploring how objects carry resistance and defiance. Her mission is creating space for Māori to tell their stories on their own terms, believing that taonga are meant to live with people and museums can help with the continuity of practice in communities.
Photo by Jack Fisher. Te Papa
Books
Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance
An illustrated history of protest and activism in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War – Author biographies and 10 questions
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Stephanie Gibson, Matariki Williams and Puawai Cairns, the authors of Protest Tautohetohe, discuss their work with Te Papa Press