
My report on the Crown and Maori in the Northern Wairoa, was submitted to the Waitangi Tribunal s inquiry into the Kaipara district. Since 1999, I have worked as a contract historian on Treaty of Waitangi issues, writing and advising on many different areas. I graduated with a first class honours degree in history from Otago University in I worked as a researcher and writer for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography until From 1995, I was employed by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust as a historian. Wai 898, # A28 The Crown and Maori in Mokau A report commissioned by the Waitangi Tribunal for Te Rohe Potae Inquiry (Wai 898) Paul Thomas February 2011Ģ The Author My name is Paul Thomas.
