I am an author and historian based in the Greater Wellington region of Aotearoa New Zealand.

I wrote my first ‘masterpiece’ in kindergarten. Unfortunately, I had yet to grasp the concept of writing in straight lines from left to right, so “The Clock” (a rather self-explanatory title) read more like a bowl of alphabet soup than a novel. Since that time, I’ve turned my hand to a number of different styles of fiction writing. My genres of choice are children's fiction and fantasy / sci-fi. Underlying all of my work is a desire to communicate, explore and test complex (and often uncomfortable)  ideas (such as scientific concepts, political theory, and colonialism) in a way that engages the reader.

I am a qualified and dedicated historian with significant experience in the Treaty sector and freshwater policy development. I completed a PhD in History at Victoria University of Wellington in 2015. My extensive publication history includes oral histories, peer-reviewed journal articles, commissioned research reports, and public history pieces. I have attended and presented at numerous historical conferences, and I have been consulted on for two television productions. My areas of specialty include Crown-Māori relations, environmental history, biography / family history, and the history of right-wing movements and ideologies.

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