Arapata Hakiwai

Arapata Tamati Hakiwai
Residence New Zealand
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington
Thesis Te Toi Whakairo O Ngāti Kahungunu: The Carving Traditions of Ngāti Kahungunu (2003)

Arapata Tamati Hakiwai is a New Zealand Māori museum curator. Of Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou and Ngāi Tahu descent, he is a principal investigator with Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.[1] He is the current Kaihautū (or Māori leader) and acting Chief Executive at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[2][3]

Career

Hakiwai has been a teacher at Wellington High School, before starting work in the museums sector in 1989.[4]

While he has worked at Te Papa, he has been involved in the repatriation of a number of Maori kōiwi tangata (human remains) from overseas institutions, and he has also led a project involving the 'digital repatriation' of taonga (cultural treasures).[3][4][4]

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