New museum senior curator excited by southern ‘reconnection’
Te Unua Museum of Southland staff (from left), Tyra Ryan (Kaitiaki Mana Taoka), Ayden Dove (Registrar), Dougal Austin (Senior Curator – Māori), and Tiffany Jenks (Team Leader – Collections), view a patu pounamu once owned by Kāi Tahu rangatira Tūhawaiki at Te Pātaka Taoka Southern Regional Collections Facility. The patu was placed in the care of the former Southland Museum and Art Gallery by Naina Kihau Russell in 2001. Photo: SUPPLIED
