Colleen Waata Urlich

This research was the basis of her Master of Fine Arts with a subsequent paper published in Pacific Archaeology: Assessments and Prospects.

[4] This research also influenced Urlich's clay work, which is based on customary knowledge and often acknowledges Pacific genealogy and female Māori deities.

Urlich was a founding member of Ngā Kaihanga Uku, alongside Paerau Corneal, Baye Riddell, Manos Nathan and Wi Taepa.

[6] Urlich was a member of Ngā Puna Waihanga, a collective of New Zealand Māori Artists and Writers that formed in 1973.

[8] In the 2015 New Year Honours, Urlich was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori art.