Samuel D. Carpenter is Lecturer in History and Research Fellow at Laidlaw College / Te Wananga Amorangi (Auckland, New Zealand). He worked for a decade in Treaty settlements, including for the Waitangi Tribunal, the Office of Treaty Settlements, and the Crown Law Office. His PhD in history (Massey University, 2021) explored early New Zealand political thought in both European and Maori worlds. His recent publications include ' Reconciling the Treaty/te Tiriti Through the Discourse of Civil Government/Kawanatanga' , Journal of New Zealand Studies 39 (2025): 44- 64. Tony Ballantyne is a Poutoko Taiea Distinguished Professor in the History Programme at the University of Otago Otakou Whakaihu Waka. His research has explored the development of colonial knowledge, especially changing understandings of language, religion and race, in the modern British empire. He has also published on the history of missions and Christianity in New Zealand, including Entanglements of Empire: Missionaries, Maori, and the Question of the Body (Duke University Press and Auckland University Press, 2014).

Bradford Haami is connected to Ngati Awa, Ngati Kahungunu and Kai Tahu iwi. He serves as Chair of Te Runanga Amorangi, the Maori Council for Laidlaw College. He is a lecturer in biculturalism and holds a Graduate Diploma in Theology. His research and writing focus on matauranga Maori, Maori history and biography, biculturalism, and the intersection of Maori traditional cosmology and biblical theology. His publications include True Red (2004), Ka Mau Te Wehi (2013), The River of the Waters of Life (2016), Urban Maori (2018) and Bringing Culture into Care (2019).