Matariki Williams

Matariki Williams
EducationVictoria University of Wellington
Children2
Websitehttps://www.matarikiwilliams.com/

Matariki Williams is a Māori curator and writer based in Whakatāne, 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. She co-authored Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance (Te Papa Press, 2019) with Puawai Cairns and Stephanie Gibson, which won the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award at the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. In 2024, she was involved in New Zealand's delegation to the Venice Biennale.

She was awarded the 2026 Tāwhia Copyright Aotearoa and The New Zealand Society of Authors Writers' Award for a research project on Robyn Kahukiwa.

Personal life

As of 2020, Williams has a partner and two children.

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Matariki Williams: Maori Arts, ATE, and protest through art". RNZ. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Matariki Williams | Careers and Employment". Victoria University of Wellington. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Matariki Williams appointed as Pou Hītori Māori Matua Senior Māori Historian". Waatea News: Māori Radio Station. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  4. 1 2 Walker, Zoe (28 March 2018). "Matariki Williams on Wellington's Thriving Art Scene". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Matariki Williams | Te Papa". tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 October 2026.
  6. ↑ Amery, Mark (19 April 2024). "Mataaho Collective scoops Golden Lion at Venice Biennale in a huge weekend for art from Oceania". RNZ. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Matariki Williams wins NZ$25,000 TCA/NZSA Writers' Award". Books+Publishing. 6 October 2026. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
  8. ↑ Emms, Francesca (29 April 2020). "Matemateaone". Capital Magazine. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  9. ↑ Gibson, Stephanie; Williams, Matariki; Cairns, Puawai (2019). Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. Te Papa Press. ISBN 978-0-9941460-4-5.
  10. ↑ Williams, Matariki (11 June 2020). "These are my feathers: An extract from Te Manu Huna A Tāne". The Spinoff. Retrieved 27 September 2023.