Job Description

Kaitohutohu Rautaki ā-Iwi | Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships

Tuia te tangata, tuia ngā kōrero, tuia ngā taonga

E tino hīkaka ana a Te Papa ki te whakakapi i tēnei tūranga, ā, koia ko te Kaitohutohu Rautaki ā-Iwi. Heoi anō tā te tūranga nei, he tautoko i tō tātou whare mā te whakapakari i ngā hononga i waenga i te ao Māori whānui tonu me Te Papa, me te tūhono hoki i ngā uri ki ā rātou taonga.

Ko te whānau whānui tonu o te tūranga nei ko te tari o Ngā Manu Atarau. Heoi anō tā rātou, he kōkiri i te whanaketanga o te ao Māori, o ngā tikanga, o tō tātou reo, me te āheinga o Te Papa ki te whakatutuki i ana haepapa ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā here ki te ture. E ū ana te tari nei ki te whakakitenga o Te Papa, kia tū te whare nei hei whare taonga tumu Tiriti, kei reira te whakapūmautanga o te katoa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi, ā, ka whakamahia e te Māori te tino rangatiratanga. Ka whai wāhi mai koe ki te tīma Iwi Relationships. Ko tā te tīma e whai nei, ko te whakapakari me te whakamāori i te āhua o tā Te Papa mahi tahi ki te iwi Māori, o tā Te Papa kawe i a ia anō, me te whakaū i te mātāpono Mana Taonga mō te wāhi ki te manaaki i a tātou taonga.

Ko tā te Kaitohutohu Rautaki ā-Iwi | Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships, he tū hei kaitakawaenga mā Te Papa me te iwi Māori whānui tonu, he waha ake i ngā take whai pānga ki te iwi Māori, he manaaki i ā tātou manuhiri, me te noho tuwhera ki ngā kaupapa whai hua ki te iwi Māori. Tokotoru katoa koutou i te tūranga nei, ā, ko te tino aronga o tāu tūranga ko te taiao. Koia nei ko te kaitakawaenga o te mātauranga Māori me te pūtaiao, e kimi nei i ngā ara kia angitu ai te iwi Māori e hāngai ana ki tō tātou taiao, ka mutu, he kōkiri i ngā kaupapa o te Maramataka me Matariki.

Tā mātou e kimi nei:

• Tangata mōhio ki te reo me ngā tikanga
• Tangata mōhio ki te whakawhanaunga atu ki te iwi Māori
• Tangata kei a ia kē āna ake hononga ki te iwi Māori i te ao taiao
• Tangata mōhio ki te whakahaere me te whakatutuki i ngā kaupapa pīroiroi
• Tangata mōhio ki te whakahoahoa ki tangata kē atu, otirā he pūkenga i ngā mahi matapaki me temahi mātanga
• Tangata matatau ki Te Tiriti o Waitangi me tana pānga ki te iwi Māori

He nui ngā āheinga ka taea. Nōu ka tūhura i ngā kohinga taonga Māori, me ngā kohinga taonga pūtaiao māori e hāngai ana ki te maramataka, ka kite koe i te pito mata. Mā reira tuwhera ai ngā tatau ki te whakarauora i ngā tikanga me uaua ka kite i ēnei rā, me te whakaū i te hononga o te mātauranga Māori ki te orangatonutanga o te taiao. Kāore e kore ka mahi tahi koe ki ngā tohunga, ki ngā mātanga, me ngā hapori Māori ki te whakatutuki i tēnei whāinga. Tomo mai rā kia whakaawe whakaaro, kia tūhono tangata, kia waihanga kaupapa, kia whakapakari hoki tātou i ō tātou hononga ki te ao Māori.

He tūranga ukiuki pūmau tēnei, e piri mai ana ki te tīma Iwi Relationships, ka mutu, ka taea te āta kōrero mō ngā hāora mahi, me te mahi mai i te kāinga.

Te rohenga utu: $79,299 - $94,167
Te rā kati: 6 o te Āpereira o 2025

In English: 

Kaitohutohu Rautaki ā-Iwi | Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships

Tuia te tangata, tuia ngā kōrero, tuia ngā taonga

Te Papa is excited to be recruiting for the role of Kaitohutohu Rautaki-ā-Iwi Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships. An opportunity for you to use your extensive knowledge of te ao Māori to support Te Papa and Māori in relationships, engagement and partnership and provide opportunities to actively connect taonga and their people.

In this role you will be working as part of the Ngā Manu Atarau directorate, whose purpose is to lead and drive the development and strengthening of te reo me ngā tikanga, te ao Māori, and Te Papa's ability to meet its Tiriti o Waitangi obligations and legislative mandate. The directorate is dedicated to the vision of Te Papa as he whare taonga tumu tiriti, kei reira te whakpūmautanga o te katoa ki te Tiriti o Waitangi ā, ka whakamahia e te Māori te tino rangatiratanga. A dedicated team seeking to make authentic and lasting changes in the way museums and iwi collaborate, interact and share responsibility for caring for taonga. 

As Kaitohutohu Rautaki-ā-Iwi Strategic Advisor Iwi Relationships you will act as an advocate for iwi within Te Papa, and an advocate for Te Papa with iwi, while exemplifying manaaktitanga, and seeking opportunities to enhance engagement and interactions between Te Papa and Māori. As one of three Advisors, this role specifically will be at the interface of mātauranga Māori and science, looking for partnership opportunities in the natural environment for Māori and Te Papa and also by leading the maramataka and Matariki kaupapa for the team.

What we are looking for:

• A strong understanding of Tikanga me ngā Te Reo Māori.
• Someone who has meaningful and active relationships with Māori working in and for te taiao and experience engaging with iwi and Māori organisations.
• Proven ability to manage and deliver complex iwi or kaupapa Māori projects.
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills, including demonstrated experience in consultation and negotiation
• Knowledge of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its implementation

You will be able to see the opportunity of the Te Papa natural environment and taonga collections and maramataka Māori programme connecting with Māori tohunga, mātanga, practitioners, and communities to unlock and revitalise practise, Māori science and research and our connection to the natural world. Come and inspire, connect, develop and deepen meaningful iwi relationships.

This is fulltime permanent role joining our Iwi Relationships Team whānau with some scope for flexible work and working from home.

We are re-advertising this role, and although we appreciate your interest previous applicants need not apply.

Salary band: $79,299 - $94,167
Applications close: this ad has been extended, and now closes Sunday 6 April 

All applicants must be able to legally work in New Zealand and have the ability to maintain that.