Matariki Williams (Tūhoe, Te Atiawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Hauiti) is Curator Mātauranga Māori at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is co-editor of Protest Tautohetohe: Objects of Resistance, Persistence and Defiance which has been shortlisted for the Ockham NZ Book Awards.