Te Taru White, the Kaihatu (joint leader and curator) of Aotearoa New Zealand's national museum, explains the interconnectedness of life from a Maori perspective. Te Taru tells us that Maori and scientific accounts of ecology are complementary. The Maori system provides the genealogical and mythological keys that integrate the observer as a living part of an interconnected field. Te Taru believes that these systems can co-exist, and that oneness begins when two separate worldviews can accept one another without putting one another down.