Ngahiraka Mason was born and raised in Te Urewera and was Maori curator at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tomaki 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.