About the Author

Ngahiraka Mason was born and raised in Te Urewera and was M?ori curator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi of T?maki from 1999 to 2015.

Zara Stanhope is principal curator at the gallery and has written a number of books, articles and exhibitions catalogues. She has an MA from the Courtauld Institute and is finishing a PhD at ANU. Contributing writers include Len Bell, Nigel Borrell, Chanel Clarke, Jane Davidson-Ladd, Ngarino Ellis, Ales Filip, Sarah Hillary, Ute Larsen, Roman Musil and Kahu Te Kanawa.