Vicki-Anne Heikell

Vicki-Anne Heikell is a New Zealand paper conservator, and writer. In 2021, Heikell was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to heritage preservation and Māori.

Early life and education Heikell was born in Gisborne and educated at Mangapapa School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Campion College. Heikell studied sociology at Victoria University of Wellington, after which she had a summer job working for NZ Historic Places (now Heritage New Zealand) doing conservation work at Porourangi Marae. She successfully applied for a scholarship from the Conservation Cultural Advisory Council, and then completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Conservation of Cultural Materials in Canberra.

Heikell has written a play, and a number of short stories. In 2022, Heikell delivered the Forbes Prize lecture at the biennial congress of the International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

Selected works