Our guest for Fast Favourites is an academic, teacher, mentor, art historian, and multi-award-winning author.
Professor Deidre Brown was recently in London at the Apollo Awards - her book Toi Te Mana was named the Book of the Year.
The Indigenous History of Maori Art was co-authored by Ngarino Ellis together with the late Jonathan Mane Wheoki.
The annual Apollo Awards celebrate exceptional achievement in the art and museum worlds.
Professor Deidre Brown joins Culture 101 to reflect on the prestigious accolade and for Fast Favourites.