Editorial Team
Gary Wilson
Co-editor
Gary Wilson
Co-editor
Gary Wilson
Co-editor
Andrew Robb
Andrew Robb is a former reporter with Mana News and Te Kāea in Wellington. He’s been involved with Te Reo Māori Society, Ngā Kaiwhakapūmau i te Reo and Te Ūpoko O Te Ika radio station, worked in parliament as an adviser to the Māori Party, and is now going to seed on a small farm in Central Hawke’s Bay.
9 PostsChristine Ammunson
Christine Ammunson is a former journalist and press secretary. She’s the strategic communications expert behind the award-winning campaigns “That’s Us”, “Give Nothing to Racism”, and “Never Again/ E Kore Anō”, the call for an inquiry into the abuse of New Zealanders in state care. She lives in rural Wairarapa and works in Wellington.
2 PostsDale Husband
Dale Husband (Ngāti Maru, Pākehā) is a broadcaster for Radio Waatea and interviewer for e-Tangata, whose wamrth and empathy when interviewing people has allowed us to present the stories of a wide range of New Zealanders in their own voices.
357 PostsJoanna Kidman
Joanna Kidman (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington. She was born in Rotorua and moved to Wellington when she was 7 years old. She loves the eastern coastline of the city and in the weekends she can often be found walking along the shore or peering into rock pools.
7 PostsKennedy Warne
Kennedy Warne is the co-founder and former editor of New Zealand Geographic magazine and the author of Tūhoe: Portrait of a Nation, published in 2013. Kennedy has written extensively about the connections between people and place, past and present, both in Aotearoa, the Pacific and elsewhere. He lives in Tāmaki Makaurau.
49 PostsLaura Toailoa
Laura Toailoa is from Saoluafata, Samoa and Manurewa, South Auckland. She studied English Literature at Victoria University of Wellington and is continuing her love affair with reading and writing here at e-Tangata and elsewhere online. She was co-editor of Victoria University's student magazine, Salient, in 2017.
3 PostsMāmari Stephens
Māmari Stephens (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Pākehā) is a senior law lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington. She is a part of the Legal Māori Project that produces resources such as He Papakupu Reo Ture—a Dictionary of Māori Legal Terms, the first of its kind.
31 PostsMoana Jackson
Dr Moana Jackson (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Porou) is a Wellington-based lawyer. He specialises in the Treaty of Waitangi and constitutional issues. He was the convener of Matike Mai Aotearoa, the Independent Working Group on Constitutional Transformation.
18 PostsMoana Maniapoto
Moana Maniapoto works across the arts as s a musician (Moana and the Tribe), documentary producer (Tawera/Black Pearl Productions), writer and self-proclaimed Toi Ātete (artivist). She was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame in 2016. Moana has released 5 studio albums, written countless columns, and is an advocate for te reo and te ao Māori.
79 PostsNadine Anne Hura
Nadine Anne Hura is a researcher and writer of Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi and Pākehā whakapapa. Her essays explore themes of language, biculturalism, identity and belonging.
27 PostsRichard Pamatatau
Richard Pamatatau became a journalism academic at AUT University after more than 20 years in print and public radio. He teaches writing, media law, public reporting, ethics, and Pacific reporting in under and postgraduate courses. He is researching social media, death and the intersection between identity and representation.
5 PostsSimone Kaho
Simone Kaho is of Tongan ancestry. She is an author, new director, and digital strategist. She holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies and is a recent graduate of South Seas Film and TV school. She has reported for radio show "Te-Puutake"; television show, The Wired Arena, and directed a short film, Blown. Active in the arts scene, she is a performance poet who MCs at Poetry Live, a community event in Auckland that’s now in its 38th year. Her debut poetry collection Lucky Punch was released in 2016.
13 PostsSteph Matuku
Steph Matuku is an award-winning writer from Taranaki, New Zealand. She spent 15 years writing radio advertising, before deciding to branch out and write pieces that were longer than 30 seconds. She has a special love for writing stories for children and young adults and has written for film, magazines, and theatre. In 2016, Steph won a place on the Māori Literature Trust’s writing incubator programme “He Papa Tupu”, and wrote her first fantasy novel for young people, Flight of the Fantail, to be published by Huia Publishers. She recently won a Pikihuia award for another novel extract. She has two children, a messy house and lots of books.
2 PostsVictor Rodger
Victor Rodger is an award-winning writer of Samoan and Scottish descent. His plays include Sons, My Name is Gary Cooper and Black Faggot which has toured nationally and internationally. His television credits include Shortland Street and This is Piki while his short story "Like Shinderella" was featured in the acclaimed anthology, Black Marks on the White Page. His essay "Voyage Round My Father" was included in The Best of E-Tangata.
5 PostsWena Harawira
Wena Harawira is of Tūhoe, Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngāti Ranginui descent and has worked in Māori media and communications for more than 30 years. But even with all that experience, she must be bullied by the e-Tangata team to supply stories. She uses patchy mobile reception in Taneatua where she lives and priority time with her mokopuna as poor excuses for dodging us. Wena currently works as an archivist for the Bay of Plenty iwi of Waitaha and as an oral historian for Taiwhakaea, the Ministry of Culture & Heritage Treaty Stories Project.
6 Posts