Get in touch with our Museum Educators

Teenaa koutou! He uri ahau noo Raukawa ki Wharepuuhunga. Ko Ngaati Huri te hapuu, ko Pikituu te marae. I te taha o tooku whaea, noo Ngaati Airihi ooku tuupuna. Neiraa te mihi ki a koutou.

Cassandra started at Te Whare Taonga o Waikato in May 2023, having recently moved to Kirikiriroa - and back home to te awa o Waikato - after many years away.

Cassandra worked for 15 years as a university lecturer in contemporary art history and theory, specialising in post- and de-colonial art histories and Maaori and indigenous contemporary art. She is also a writer, critic and bookmaker – and maamaa to her 10 year old son.

It is her great delight and privilege to add teaching and learning (and lots of art and storytelling) for tamariki to her education kete.

Noo Ingarani tooku tuupuna
I tipu ake ahau ki Taamaki Makaurau
Kei morenawhira ahau e noho ana
E mihi ana ki ngaa tohu o nehe o Waikato e noho nei au
Ko te Aroha te maunga e ruu nei taku ngaakau
Ko Waihou te awa o mahea nei aku maaharahara
Ko Baldwin tooku whanau
Ko Elaine tooku ingoa
He kaiako ahau ki te Whare Taonga o Waikato.

Elaine is a primary education and ECE specialist who has worked at the Museum for over ten years. She is a skilled storyteller and is excited to welcome all tamariki to Te Whare Taonga o Waikato.