Mau Moko by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku6/20/2023 Her 2007 (re-published in 2011) book "Mau Moko: the world of Maori tattoo", co-authored with Linda Waimarie Nikora, was the product of a five-year long research project conducted by the Māori and Psychology Research Unit at Waikato University, funded by a Marsden Fund grant. In addition to "Mana Wahine Maori" and contributions to several anthologies, Te Awekotuku is also the author of the 1989 short story collection "Tahuri", autobiographical in nature.īesides, Te Awekotuku has researched and written extensively on the traditional and contemporary practices of tā moko in Aotearoa New Zealand. Ngahuia Te Awekotuku is the author of "Mana Wahine Maori: Selected Writings on Maori Women’s Art, Culture, and Politics". Although now retired, she continues to write. She and Marilyn Waring contributed the piece "Foreigners in our own land" to the 1984 anthology "Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology", edited by Robin Morgan. Te Awekotuku was also Professor of Research and Development at Waikato University. She was a curator of ethnology at the Waikato Museum of Art and History from 1985 to 1987 lecturer in art history at the University of Auckland from 1987 to 1996, and professor of Maori studies at Victoria University of Wellington from 1997. Her areas of research interest include gender issues, museums, body modification, power and powerlessness, spirituality and ritual. Ngahuia Te Awekotuku has worked across the heritage, culture and academic sectors as a curator, lecturer, researcher and activist.
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