About the Author

Paul Tapsell is Professor of Maori Studies at the University of Otago, and was formerly Director Maori at the Auckland Museum. His previous books are Pukaki: a comet returns (2000), a Montana Book Award winner, and Ko tawa: Maori treasures of New Zealand (2006), with photos by Krzysztof Pfeiffer. Krzysztof is an internationally renowned photographer who has published more than 20 books around the world. He is photographer at the Auckland Museum.