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Hokimate Pamela Harwood is a New Zealand Māori ornithologist.[1][2] She is a member of the Ngāpuhi iwi, and a bicultural science researcher at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3][4]

Biography

Harwood attended secondary school at the Catholic Regional College in Traralgon in Victoria, Australia. She then completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Sciences and Physical Anthropology at the University of Auckland in New Zealand, graduating in 1998. In 2002, she completed a Master’s degree in Environmental and Marine science, also at the University of Auckland. Her thesis research analyzed the tree fruit diet of New Zealand’s pigeon population (also known as kūkupa or kererū) in the urban environment of North Shore.[1][2]

Harwood's research at Te Papa focuses on the feathers in kahu huruhuru (feather cloaks). She developed a technique which uses microscopic photography to identify the bird species and geographic origin of feathers used in cloaks.[3] She has identified the feathers in all of the cloaks in Te Papa's collection.[4]

She also studies the historical artifacts from the Māori people of New Zealand.[1] In 2019, Harwood was involved with the study of Te Rā, the sole remaining customary Māori sail, which is held in the collection of the British Museum in London. She was able to identify which species of birds the feathers in the sail were from.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Weston, Madalyn (2 October 2019). "Celebrating women in STEM: Hokimate Harwood | UMKC Roo News". info.umkc.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  2. ^ a b Harwood, Hokimate (2011). "Nga Tohu o nga Kairaranga: The Signs of the Weavers" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Māori and Pacific Island women in science | Te Pūnaha Matatini". www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Hokimate Harwood - Identifying feathers". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Whakaarahia anō te rā kaihau! Raise up again the billowing sail! Revitalising cultural knowledge through analysis of Te Rā, the Māori sail". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
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