About the Author

Vincent O'Malley and Bruce Stirling are co-founders of Wellington based research consultancy HistoryWorks. O'Malley is the author of Agents of Autonomy: Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century and co-author of The Beating Heart: A Political and Socio-Economic History of Te Arawa; Stirling is co-author of Ngati Tutemohua: A Maori History of North East Taupo. Wally Penetito (Tainui - Ngati Haua, Ngati Tamatera, Ngati Raukawa) is Professor of Maori Education and co-director of He Parekereke, the institute for Maori and Pacific Education at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the author of the recently published What's Maori About Maori Education?