Associate Director | Tumu Tuarua, Ngā Manu Atarau
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Associate Director, Ngā Manu Atarau
For nearly two decades, Te Papa has housed, nurtured and empowered the legacies of Aotearoa and its people. We are built on a foundation of innovation and co-creation – a striking collision of community and culture that has transformed our history and our heritage into something tangible, something engaging. As our journey continues, we embrace the idea of renewal and the opportunity to once again delve into Aotearoa, its past, present, and future. We pride ourselves on what our predecessors have created, something that is contemporary, cutting-edge, and unique to our country.
Here is an opportunity that is unlike any other. As our Associate Director with leadership across the whole of the Ngā Manu Atarau directorate working directly with the Kaihautū and across Te Papa, you will head the strategic direction of our taonga and our stories, ensuring they are presented to Aotearoa and the world in a meaningful, unique, and respectful way.
The people of your directorate will look to you to inspire them, enabling them to forge successful partnerships with tangata whenua and align themselves and our collections intelligently and soundly with iwi across Aotearoa. Under your leadership, they will flourish. Alongside the Kaihautū, you will create and develop an environment that ensures Mātauranga Māori is interwoven throughout the museum; and bring the philosophy of Mana Taonga into daily practice. Your strong relationship skills will come to the fore as you build on key partnerships with Iwi, government agencies, culture and heritage organisations, and Museums Aotearoa in order to help your team to achieve their objectives.
You are well renowned for your extensive tikanga and te reo Māori knowledge and your in depth understanding of Iwi. You’re a leader. Someone who inspires and motivates, encouraging people to work to the best of their ability in a respectful and knowledgeable way. You’ve delivered recognised and complex projects and are likely to have formed high quality partnerships and connections along the way with iwi and Māori organisations. You embrace diversity and accept change; you want to see our taonga brought to life in a way that will envelop and move people.
Now is your time to bring your exceptional abilities to an organisation that is constantly breaking new ground and has represented the Māori people, their heritage, and their ancestry from day one. You will be surrounded by work that is both fascinating and tangible in a role that is as rewarding as it is monumental.
If you’re ready to take part in one of the most important and inspiring evolutions in both New Zealand and the museum sector worldwide, we would love to talk to you.
Tumu Tuarua, Ngā Manu Atarau
Kua tata ki te rua ngahuru tau a Te Papa Tongarewa hei whakaruruhau, hei kaitiaki mō te mana taonga ā-motu o Aotearoa. Ko te hiringa, ko te tikanga rua te tūāpapa o tēnei pātaka iringa kōrero – koia i ihutahi ai te hapori whānui ki ōna tikanga maha, koia i whanake ai ngā taonga me ngā kōrero tuku iho kia rangona te ihi, te wehi me te wana. Ka tere tēnei waka uta ki te taonga i ngā wai tuku kiri o Aotearoa, ka aro whakamuri ki te au o te waka, ka aro whakaroto o te waka, ka aro whakamua ki ngā tai e papaki mai ana. Kua oti kē tēnei whare taonga te waihanga, nāna i para te huarahi, he kaupapa hou tonu, he motuhake ki tēnei whenua.
Kāore he tūranga e rite ki tēnei. Ko tā te Tumu Tuarua he kaiārahi i Ngā Manu Atarau, he mahi ngātahi me te Kaihautū puta noa i Te Papa Tongarewa. Ko te mahi nui hei kāpehu tohutohu i te aronga o te rautaki mō ngā taonga me ngā kōrero, kia mārama, kia ahurei, kia whai mana te whakaaturanga ki te ao nui tonu.
Ka aro atu tō kāhui ki a koe hei tauira whakaawe, e āhei ai rātou ki te tūhonohono atu ki ngā iwi o te motu. Me whai tikanga te tiaki i ngā kohinga taonga, me ngākau Māori te hono ki ngā iwi puta noa i te motu. I a koe e manutaki ana ka puāwai tō kāhui. Mā te mahi ngātahi kōrua ko te Kaihautū tētahi kākahu e whatu, hei kahu whakamarumaru i Te Papa; ko te mana taonga tana kaupapa, koia anō hei tūāpapa mō tēnei whare taonga. Ka whakaputaina ō pūkenga whakawhanaunga i āu mahi matua, he tūhonohono ki ngā iwi, ki ērā atu umanga Kāwanatanga, ki ngā umanga taonga tuku iho puta noa me Museums Aotearoa hei āwhina i tō kāhui ki te whakatutuki i ā rātou whāinga.
He pou whai tikanga, he manu kōrero Māori, he mōhio koe ki ngā iwi o te motu. He manutaki koe, he kaiwhakaawe, he tauira koe, he kaiakiaki e āhei ana te tō mai i te tino o te tangata, kia mana tonu tana tū. Kua hau te rongo mōu ētahi kaupapa matatini te whakatinana, kua oti kē i a koe ētahi kaupapa hiranga te tūhono atu ki ngā iwi, ki ngā umanga Māori rānei. He manu tiaki koe i te rerekētanga, ā-tangata, ā-taiao rānei. Ki tō tirohanga, whakakōrerohia ngā taonga kia rongo ai te tangata i te ihi, te wehi, te wana, te tapu me te mana.
Kua rite te wā mōu hei kawe mai i ō pūkenga whakahirahira ki tētahi umanga para i te huarahi, kua whakakanohi i te iwi Māori, ana taonga me ana kōrero mai i tana whakatuwheratanga. Ka karapotia koe e ngā taonga o te motu e tūwatawata mai ana, he mahi whakamīharo, he mahi whai hua, he mahi rangatira.
Pēnā kua rite koe ki te kuhu mai ki tētahi o ngā kaupapa nui whakaharahara, whakaawe i Aotearoa me te umanga muhiama puta noa i te ao nui tonu, ka ngākaunui mātou ki te kōrero ki a koe.
For further information on the position or to apply online please visit our website www.tepapa.govt.nz/jobs.
If you have any further questions please contact [email protected] quoting reference TP1557.
