Matariki Williams
Matariki Williams (Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Hauiti, Taranaki, Ngāti Whakaue) is Acting Senior Curator Mātauranga Māori at Te Papa Tongarewa. With Stephanie Gibson and Puawai Cairns, she is the co-author of the publication Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance. Matariki is the co-founded and co-edits ATE Journal of Māori Art with Bridget Reweti, and her writing has featured in multiple online publications including frieze, Art in America, e-Tangata, Pantograph Punch, The Spinoff, and ArtZone.

These are my feathers: An extract from Te Manu Huna A Tāne
An essay about learning to weave with what you have.