Terri Te Tau (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne ki Wairarapa) is an artist and writer based in the Manawatū. She's a member of the art collective Mataaho — Arts Foundation Laureates and winners of the 2021 Walters Art Prize. Terri’s research is centred around connections between indigenous knowledge systems, science, speculative fiction and the environment. She completed a PhD in Creative Arts from Massey University in 2015 before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at the Center of Culture-Centred Approach to Research and Evaluation at Massey University.