Who Is Te Ara?
Staff
Te Ara is prepared by a team in the Ministry for Culture and Heritage – Te Manatū Taonga:
Jock Phillips (General editor)
Basil Keane
(Māori editor)
Allan Gillingham (Theme editor,
The Settled Landscape)
Malcolm McKinnon (Theme editor, Economy and the City; Places
editor)
Ben Schrader (Theme editor, Economy and the City)
Janine Faulknor (Team
leader, resources)
Heath Sadlier (Lead designer)
Ross Somerville
(Production manager)
Nancy Swarbrick (Managing editor)
Megan Cook (Writer)
Mark Derby (Writer)
Emma Dewson (Resource researcher)
Philothea Flynn
(Rights administrator)
Marguerite Hill (Resource researcher)
Melanie Lovell-Smith (Senior resource researcher)
Rangi McGarvey
(Translator)
Tamahou McGarvey (Translator)
Kristy Mayes (Designer)
Kerryn Pollock (Writer)
Helen Rickerby (Editor)
Deb Sidelinger (Community researcher)
Jane Tolerton (Writer)
Emily Tutaki
(Resource researcher)
Julia Vodanovich (Designer)
Carl Walrond
(Writer)
Olivia Walley (Administrator)
Sarah Wilcox (Writer)
Caren Wilton (Production editor)
Te Ara Advisory Committee
The development of Te Ara has been assisted by an advisory committee with the following membership:
Rt Hon Sir Geoffrey Palmer (chair), lawyer and former prime minister of New Zealand (1989–90), now President of the Law Commission
Murray Brown, ICT Manager, Ministry of Education
Dr Bronwyn Dalley, Chief Historian, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. (Bronwyn worked on developing the initial plans for Te Ara.)
Lloyd Davis, Associate Professor of Zoology, University of Otago, and Director of the post-graduate diploma in natural history film making and communication
Allison Dobbie, General Manager, Auckland City Libraries
Dr Geoff Hicks, Manager Science and Research and Chief Technical Officer, Department of Conservation
Professor Roger Horrocks, formerly chair of the Department of Film, TV and Media Studies, University of Auckland
Eric Pawson, Professor of Geography, Canterbury University
Paul Spoonley, Professor of Sociology, Massey University (Albany)
Margaret Tennant, Professor of History, Massey University
Ranginui Walker, Emeritus Professor of Māori, University of Auckland
Dr Lydia Wevers, Director of the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
Te Ara Wānanga
The Māori side of Te Ara has been prepared under the advice of Te Ara Wānanga, which has the following membership:
Emeritus Professor Ranginui Walker (Te Whakatōhea), chair
Professor Mason Durie (Rangitāne), Assistant Vice Chancellor (Māori ), Massey University
Edward Ellison (Ngāi Tahu), Deputy Kaiwhakahaere, Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu
Professor Ngapare Hopa (Tainui), formerly Professor of Māori Studies, University of Auckland
Dr Keri Kaa (Ngāti Porou), writer and educator
Professor Wharehuia Milroy (Tūhoe), formerly of the School of Māori Studies, Waikato University
Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal (Ngāti Raukawa), researcher and writer, formerly Head of Research, Te Wānanga o Raukawa
Hone Sadler (Ngā Puhi), lecturer, Māori Studies, University of Auckland
Professor Piri Sciascia (Ngāti Kahungunu), Pro Vice Chancellor (Māori), Victoria University of Wellington
Dr Monty Soutar (Ngāti Porou), Director, Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne, and formerly Fellow in Māori History, Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Dr Rāwiri Taonui (Te Hikutu, Ngāti Rora, Te Kapotai), Head of School, Aotahi – School of Māori and Indigenous Studies, University of Canterbury
Mere Whaanga (Ngāti Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti Kahungunu), formerly Fellow in Māori History, Ministry for Culture and Heritage; writer
Martin Wikaira (Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Pātaka Committee
The Pātaka Committee has provided advice on the use of images and media.
Allison Dobbie, Auckland City Libraries (chair)
Dianne Macaskill, Archives New Zealand – Te Rua Mahara o
Te Kāwanatanga
Priscilla Pitts, new Zealand Histroic Places Trust Te Pouhere Taonga
Diane Pivac, New
Zealand Film Archive
Bruce Ralston, Auckland Museum
Major supporters
Te Ara has depended on the help and co-operation of many public institutions in New Zealand. However, certain organisations have made an outstanding contribution. We have recognised this by giving them the designation of ‘Major Supporter of Te Ara’. The following are recognised in this way for their special assistance:
Alexander Turnbull Library
Archives New Zealand
– Te Rua Mahara o Te Kāwanatanga
Auckland City Libraries – Tāmaki Pātaka
Kōrero
Department of Conservation
GNS Science
Landcare Research – Manaaki
Whenua
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
National Institute of Water and
Atmospheric Research (NIWA)
National Library of New Zealand – Te Puna Mātauranga o
Aotearoa
Natural History New Zealand
Natural Sciences Image Library
New
Zealand Electronic Text Centre
New Zealand Herald
Otago Daily Times
Radio
New Zealand
Radio New Zealand’s Sound Archives – Ngā Taonga Kōrero
Statistics
New Zealand
Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori – Māori Language Commission
Television
New Zealand
TV3
English
