Thegn Ladefoged is a Professor of Archaeology in at the University of Auckland. Thegn’s research examines socio-political transformations and the political economy of agricultural surplus production in Rapa Nui, Hawai‘i, and Aotearoa New Zealand. He is co-Principal Investigator (with Matiu Prebble and Simon Holdaway) on a Marsden-funded interdisciplinary project investigating Māori early mahinga kai on the small offshore islands of Raoul, Moturua, Ahuahu, Kapiti, Ruapuke, and Enderby. Thegn is also leading a Te Pūnaha Matatini project focusing on kaitiakitanga and the ecodynamics of early Māori horticulture on Ahuahu.

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