Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa
Accessible, important guide to the taonga relating to the New Zealand wars held by Te Papa.
Katie Cooper
Katie Cooper is Curator New Zealand Histories and Cultures at Te Papa. Her research interest lies in the material culture of domestic life, focusing in particular on nineteenth-century New Zealand. She is also engaged in ongoing research into the social and cultural history of rural New Zealand. Katie co-authored Te Ata o Tū The Shadow of Tūmatauenga: The New Zealand Wars Collections of Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2024); a finalist in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for the BookHub Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. Her latest book, Rēwena and Rabbit Stew: The Rural Kitchen in Aotearoa, 1800-1940 (Auckland University Press, 2024) explores how cooking and food practices shaped the daily lives, homes, and communities of rural Pākehā and Māori throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It was shortlisted for the 2025 Ernest Scott Prize. Katie is co-Editor of Tuhinga, Te Papa’s open-access, peer-reviewed academic journal.
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