Dr Carla Houkamau (Te Whānau o Tūwhakairiora – Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kere – Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāti Hāteatea ki Moeraki – Kāi Tahu), who has written the English text, is a professor in the Department of Management and International Business, and the deputy dean for the Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau. Raised in central Hawke’s Bay, Carla grew up in a large whānau of hunters, divers, and fishers. Her academic work includes over eighty publications, spanning journal articles, conference papers, and commissioned reports. Of both Māori and Pākehā descent, Carla has a deep personal interest in the history of Māori–Pākehā relations.