I am an interdisciplinary humanities scholar who explores the intersection of history, theory and practice in public culture. My disciplinary home is museum and heritage studies, but I have also drawn on and contributed to related fields such as sociology, anthropology, history and art history. My academic research interests include museum history, professional practice, Māori visual culture and contemporary heritage issues. I have published widely on the historical and contemporary Māori engagement with museums, and this work is now being extended into a transnational comparative framework exploring the ways in which indigenous peoples are engaging with cultural heritage, public history, museums and galleries. A series of recent and forthcoming publications come from ARC and Marsden research projects focusing on the history of museums, ethnology and government in Aotearoa New Zealand. I am closely connected with current museum practice and involved with seminars, training and professional development initiatives across the sector in NZ, the Pacific and Asia through ICOM, UNESCO etc. I am interested in PhD supervision in the above areas including comparative research.