Nicole HawkinsNicole Hawkins

Nicole Hawkins (Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa, Ngāti Pāhauwera) is a teacher that lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara. She has strong connections to the Wairarapa and Kāpiti, where she grew up, and a Bachelor’s degree from Victoria University of Wellington.

For the love of tikanga, please stop putting food on your head!

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This year Nicole Hawkins has decided to opt out of Wellington on a Plate over its lack of engagement with people who are offended by its marketing creative. Read Wellington On a Plate’s response at the end of this article. It’s annual burger and bougie plate season in Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. I ordinarily relish this time of … Read more

You can’t copyright culture, but damn I wish you could

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Tikanga and te reo Māori teacher Nicole Hawkins questions why non-Māori artists use Māori narratives and bodies in their work.  I can recall as an early teen sitting in a crowded movie theatre watching an advertisement for Victoria University play on the big screen. At that time the series of ads posed a variety of … Read more