Dr Kurt Bennett is a maritime archaeologist based in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland. He works as a heritage consultant and has held regulatory roles with Heritage NSW and Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. His PhD at Flinders University explored colonial shipbuilding and the transmission of craft knowledge. Kurt is a diver and an AIMA/NAS tutor, has museum studies training from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, and serves as an ICOMOS-ICUCH Regional Expert for the South Pacific.