Archaeologist

Dr Louise Furey is E. E. Vaile Curator of Archaeology at Auckland Museum. 

Louise has been an archaeologist for 35 years and has carried out site assessments and archaeological excavations in the upper North Island. She holds an MA (Hons) and a Doctorate of Science degree from the University of Auckland.

Louise's research interests are focused on Māori material culture, Māori gardening, archaeology of the Coromandel Peninsula, and Polynesian-Māori sites of the first 100-200 years after arrival in Aotearoa.