Pouarahi Tautiaki Taonga

_Based in our National Office in Wellington_
- 0.5 FTE (three days per week) _

**_Tairangahia a tua whakarere; tatakihia nga reanga o amuri ake nei _**

**_Honouring the past; inspiring the future_**

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**_About us_**
- Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga is the national agency for place-based heritage in Aotearoa. We celebrate, research, care for, and assist communities to recognise and protect these places for the benefit of future generations._
- For nearly fifty years our Maori Built Heritage Team has been working with whanau, marae, hapu, and iwi to identify, protect and conserve our taonga places. We have a part-time role available that will see you providing advice on some of the most significant taonga in Aotearoa - our historic marae across the country. If the conservation and restoration of our heritage marae buildings is the kind of work that you value, we want to hear from you._

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**_About the role_**

This permanent part-time role reports to the Kaiwhakatere Tautiaki Taonga/ Manager Maori Built Heritage under the leadership of the Director Kaiwhakahaere Tautiaki Taonga me Kaupapa Maori and Kaihautu.

Your focus will be supporting the delivery of a programme that provides expert conservation advice, and develops wananga and workshops in the context of the traditional arts of our marae, and Maori architecture, including wharenui, pouhaki, pataka, whare karakia and more.

Your skills and expertise could be from a hands-on taonga or architectural conservation background, or a museum and heritage context.

**_About you_**

Your knowledge and experience that will see you succeed in this role:

- Your ability to advance and promote Maori values and principles in a heritage context, and heritage values in a kaupapa Maori context.
- Excellent research and writing skills.
- Experience working with, and developing and maintaining networks and relationships with marae, hapu, and iwi.
- Knowledge and understanding of matauranga, tikanga and te ao Maori, and a keen appreciation of local circumstances.
- A tertiary qualification in a relevant field.

The salary range for the position is $70,585 - $83,041 depending on skills and experience.

**Applications close at 5pm on Sunday 16 November 2025