Anne Salmond is an eminent historian, writer and academic. She worked closely with Eruera and Amiria Stirling, noted elders of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and Ngati Porou, a collaboration which led to the publication of several books. Salmond has been the recipient of numerous literary awards, scholarships and academic prizes. In 1995 she was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to New Zealand history, in 2004 she received a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement for non-fiction, and in 2007 she became an inaugural Fellow of the New Zealand Academy of the Humanities. Biography and image courtesy of Read NZ.