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History
Pacific Cultures
Taonga Māori
Natural Environment
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Position

Name

Iwi (tribal) affiliation

Art

Senior Curator – Art

Vacant 

 

Curator Contemporary Art
(New Zealand and overseas 1970–present)

Charlotte Huddleston

 

Curator Contemporary Decorative Arts

Justine Olsen

 

Curator Contemporary Māori and Indigenous Art

Megan Tamati-Quennell

Te Ātiawa, Ngāi Tahu

Curator European Art

Victoria Robson

 

Curator Historical New Zealand Art

William McAloon

 

Curator Photography

Athol McCredie

 

Collection Manager Paintings and Sculpture

Anna Brookes

 

Collection Manager Paintings and Sculpture

Celia Thompson

 

Collection Manager Photography and New Media

Lissa Mitchell

 

Collection Manager Works on Paper

Tony Mackle

 

Assistant Collection Manager

Abigail Jung-Pugh

History

Senior Curator History

Vacant

 

Curator History

Kirstie Ross

 

Curator History

Lynette Townsend

 

Curator History

Michael Fitzgerald

 

Curator History

Stephanie Gibson

 

Collection Manager History

Carolyn McGill

 

Collection Manager History

Tania Walters

 

Collection Manager International and New Zealand Post

Ross O'Rourke

 

Pacific Cultures

Senior Curator Pacific Cultures

Sean Mallon

 

Curator Pacific Cultures

Safua Akeli

 

Collection Manager Pacific Cultures

Grace Hutton

 

Taonga Māori

Scholar Mātauranga Māori

Arapata Hakiwai

Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Porou, Ngāi Tahu

Senior Curator Māori / Kaitiaki Matua Mātauranga Māori

Rhonda Paku

 

Curator Māori / Mātauranga Māori

Awhina Tamarapa

Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāti Pikiao

Curator Māori / Mātauranga Māori

Dougal Austin

Kāti Mamoe, Kāi Tahu, Waitaha

Curator Māori / Mātauranga Māori

Matiu Baker

Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Hinetuhi, Ngāti Kaitangata (Taranaki), Ngāti Rahiri (Taranaki), Ngāti Whakaue

Curator Māori / Mātauranga Māori

Oriwa Solomon

Ngāti Toa Rangatira, Ngāti Kōata, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāi Tahu

Collection Manager Māori / Kaitiaki Taonga

Lisa Ward

Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa

Collection Manager Māori / Kaitiaki Taonga

Moana Parata

Ngāti Toarangatira, Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Mutunga

Collection Manager Māori / Kaitiaki Taonga

Noel Osborne

Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Mōtai, Ngāi Te Rangi

Collection Manager Māori / Kaitiaki Taonga

Shane James

Muaūpoko

Bicultural Science Researcher Mātauranga Māori

Hokimate Harwood

Ngā Puhi

Natural Environment

Management

Senior Curator Natural Environment

Patrick Brownsey

 

Head of Collections Management Natural Environment

Simon Whittaker

 

Birds

Curator Terrestrial Vertebrates

Vacant

 

Collection Manager Birds

Gillian Stone

 

Crustacea

Curator Crustacea

Rick Webber

 

Fish - Find out more about the fish team

Curator Fishes

Clive Roberts

 

Collection Manager Fishes

Andrew Stewart

 

Fossil Vertebrates

Curator Fossil Vertebrates

Alan Tennyson

 

Insects, Spiders, and Similar

Curator Entomology

Ricardo Palma

 

Collection Manager Entomology

Phil Sirvid

 

Marine Mammals

Collection Manager Marine Mammals

Anton van Helden

 

Molluscs

Collection Manager Mollusca

Bruce Marshall

 

Reptiles, Amphibians, Land Mammals

Curator Terrestrial Vertebrates

Vacant

 

Plants

Curator Botany

Leon Perrie

 

Curator Botany

Carlos Lehnebach

 

Collection Manager Botany

Vacancy

 

Collection Manager Botany

Jennifer Dalen

 

Collection Services

Manager Collection Services

Gillian Andreae

 

Collection Development

Collection Development Manager

Lesley Cobb

 

Collection Development Officer

Catherine Halbleib

 

Collections Information

Collections Information Services Manager

Philip Edgar

 

Collections Information Manager – Digital Assets and Development

Adrian Kingston

 

Collections Information Manager – Standards and Support

Giselle Stanton

 

Collections Information Officer

Sunita Mahat

 

Conservation

Conservator Ethnographic Objects and Contemporary Sculpture

Nirmala Balram

 

Conservator History and Natural Environment

Robert Clendon

 

Conservator Paintings

Katherine Campbell

 

Conservator Paintings

Melanie Carlisle

 

Conservator Paper

Phillipa Durkin

 

Conservator Paper

Vicki-Anne Heikell

Te Whānau-a-Apanui

Conservator Textiles

Anne Peranteau

 

Conservator Textiles

Rachael Collinge

 

Conservator Textiles

Rangi Te Kanawa

Ngāti Maniapoto

Preventive Conservator

Tony Clarke

 

Conservation Technician

Shane Pasene

 

Imaging

Imaging Programme Coordinator

Julie-Ann Larsen

 

Photographer

Kate Whitley

 

Photographer

Michael Hall

 

Photographer

Norman Heke

Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu, Te Arawa

Digital Retoucher

Jeremy Glyde

 

Loans

Loans Manager

Jo Torr

 

Loans Officer

Amber Baldock

 

Loans Officer

Vacant

 

Object Support

Object Support Preparator, Framing of Paintings

Matthew O’Reilly

 

Object Support Preparator, Framing of Works on Paper

Drew Ward

 

Object Support Preparator, Mountmaking

Hayden Prujean

 

Object Support Preparator, Mountmaking

Jonathon Kelso

 

Object Support Preparator, Mountmaking

Mark Kent

 

Object Support Preparator, Transit and Storage

James Kirk

 

Object Support Preparator, Transit and Storage

Pierre Lagace

 

Rights Management

Rights Manager

Victoria Leachman