Hinekura Smith (Te Rarawa, Ngā Puhi) – Fulbright Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award

Hinekura Smith from Northland will research Native American and Native Hawai’ian women’s traditional clothing making as decolonising and culturally regenerative arts praxis.

Hinekura is a senior lecturer and director of Ngā Wai a Te Tūi Māori and Indigenous Research Centre at Unitec Te Pūkenga.