Te Rauparaha Horomona, Taonga carry us into the future, Otago Daily Times, 29 November 2025
In February this year, I travelled south from Takapuwahia, my Ngāti Toa home marae in Porirua, to be among my Ngāi Tahu relations in Ōtepoti. Here I undertook an internship at Tūhura Otago Museum for my master of museum and heritage practice study at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington.
My interest lies in the preservation and care of taonga tawhito — our ancient treasures — and particularly in uncovering and capturing their deep and rich kōrero or pūrākau, our stories and histories attached to taonga.