Who is Te Ara?

Staff

Te Ara is prepared by a team in the Ministry for Culture and Heritage – Te Manatū Taonga.

The team who worked on The Settled Landscape (published 2008) was:

Jock Phillips (General editor), Basil Keane (Māori editor), Allan Gillingham (Theme editor)

Helene Coulson (Lead designer), Janine Faulknor (Team leader, resources), Heath Sadlier (Lead designer), Ross Somerville (Production manager), Nancy Swarbrick (Managing editor), Shirley Williams (Team leader, resources)

Tessa Copland (Production editor), Emma Dewson (Resource researcher), Philothea Flynn (Rights administrator), Jennifer Garlick (Production editor), Marguerite Hill (Resource researcher), Melanie Lovell-Smith (Senior resource researcher), Rangi McGarvey (Translator), Tamahou McGarvey (Translator), Kristy Mayes (Designer), Angela Mitchell (Administrator), Fiona Oliver (Production editor), Andy Palmer (Rights administrator), Helen Rickerby (Production editor), Deb Sidelinger (Community researcher), Emily Tutaki (Resource researcher), Julia Vodanovich (Designer), Olivia Walley (Administrator), Carl Walrond (Writer), Maggy Wassilieff (Writer), Caren Wilton (Production editor)

For The Bush (2007):

Jock Phillips (General editor), Basil Keane (Māori editor), Simon Nathan (Theme editor)

Helene Coulson (Lead designer), Ross Somerville (Production manager), Nancy Swarbrick (Managing editor), Shirley Williams (Team leader, resources)

Tessa Copland (Production editor), Dawn Deavin (Administrator), Emma Dewson (Resource researcher), Janette Hart (Rights administrator), Melanie Lovell-Smith (Resource researcher), Rangi McGarvey (Translator), Tamahou McGarvey (Translator), Alastair McLean (Resource researcher), Fiona Oliver (Production editor), Gareth Railton (Designer), Heath Sadlier (Designer), Leanne Tamaki (Resource researcher), Christina Troup (Writer), Emily Tutaki (Resource researcher), Julia Vodanovich (Designer), Carl Walrond (Writer), Maggy Wassilieff (Writer), Caren Wilton (Production editor)

For Earth, Sea and Sky (2006):

Jock Phillips (General editor), Basil Keane (Māori editor), Simon Nathan (Theme editor)

Helene Coulson (Lead designer), Ross Somerville (Production manager), Nancy Swarbrick (Managing editor), Shirley Williams (Team leader, resources)

Tessa Copland (Production editor), Emma Dewson (Resource researcher), Kynan Gentry (Resource researcher), Janette Hart (Administrator), Gerard Hutching (Writer), Melanie Lovell-Smith (Resource researcher), Rangi McGarvey (Translator), Tamahou McGarvey (Translator), Alastair McLean (Resource researcher), Fiona Oliver (Production editor), Gareth Railton (Designer), Heath Sadlier (Designer), Leanne Tamaki (Resource researcher), Christina Troup (Writer), Emily Tutaki (Resource researcher), Carl Walrond (Writer), Maggy Wassilieff (Writer)

For Māori New Zealanders, New Zealand Peoples and New Zealand in Brief (2005):

Jock Phillips (General editor), Rangi McGarvey (Māori editor)

Ross Somerville (Production manager), Nancy Swarbrick (Managing editor), Shirley Williams (Team leader, resources)

Tessa Copland (Writer and editor), Helene Coulson (Designer), Emma Dewson (Resource researcher), Virginia Gow (Production editor), Janette Hart (Administrator), Melanie Lovell-Smith (Resource researcher), Tamahou McGarvey (Translator), Michael O'Leary (Checker), Fiona Oliver (Production editor), Gareth Railton (Designer), Te Ahukaramū Charles Royal (Writer), Leanne Tamaki (Resource researcher), Rāwiri Taonui (Writer), Carl Walrond (Writer), John Wilson (Writer)

For Places (from 2005):

Malcolm McKinnon (Theme editor)

For Economy and the City (in progress):

Jock Phillips (General editor), Basil Keane (Māori editor), Malcolm McKinnon and Ben Schrader (Theme editors)

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), Jennifer Garlick (Production editor), Marguerite Hill (Resource researcher), Melanie Lovell-Smith (Senior resource researcher), Rangi McGarvey (Translator), Tamahou McGarvey (Translator), Kristy Mayes (Designer), Angela Mitchell (Administrator), Andy Palmer (Rights administrator), Kerryn Pollock (Writer), Helen Rickerby (Production editor), Jane Tolerton (Writer), Emily Tutaki (Resource researcher), Julia Vodanovich (Designer), Carl Walrond (Writer), Sarah Wilcox (Writer), Caren Wilton (Production editor)

For Social Connections (in progress):

Rosemary Du Plessis (Theme 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 Historic 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