Every Monday to start our week off on here Nights, we invite a guest on the show to share a whakataukī - a Māori proverb - that's meaningful to them.
Tonight we're talking to art historian and architectural academic Professor Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu) from the University of Auckland whose work focuses on Māori and Pacific design, housing and architecture.
She's also the director at the Centre for Māori and Pacific Housing Research, and in 2023 was awarded Te Kāhui Whaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects' Gold Medal, the first wahine Māori to be given the organisation's highest honour.
Deidre also has a new book out with Ngarino Ellis, Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Maori Art which is longlisted for the Ockhams in the Illustrated Nonfiction category.
Professor Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), winner of the 2023 Te Kāhui Whaihanga NZIA Gold Medal. Photo: Adrian Malloch
