Mr Dean Whiting, of Wellington, MNZM, for services to Māori arts
Dean Whiting (Te Whānau ā Apanui) is the Kaihautu Māori / Director Māori Heritage for Heritage New Zealand and has provided leadership to the Māori built heritage programme, which focuses on the revitalisation of traditional arts and cultural practice and offers conservation and traditional arts workshops. He served on the Board of Creative New Zealand and was Project Conservator at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Through his earlier consultancy, he worked with marae and institutions around New Zealand to conserve taonga and offered government and iwi business art and design services. Mr Whiting has several publications, including co-publishing ‘Fire Protection of New Zealand’s Traditional Māori Buildings’.