This book presents a rich and ranging collection of Māori women speaking from the nineteenth-century archive. It is in various measures an inspiring, instructive and agonising read.
–CHARLOTTE MACDONALD, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON

He Reo Wāhinebrings together a wide range of nineteenth-century Māori women’s voices. The extensive excerpts which fill its pages make for a rich, generative reading experience.
–ARINI LOADER, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON

Lachy Paterson is an associate professor in Te Tumu: School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago, where he teaches Māori language and Māori history. Extensively utilising Māori-language textual materials, he has published widely on Māori history of the colonial period, including a monograph on Māori-language newspapers, Colonial Discourses: Niupepa Māori, 1855–1863 (Otago University Press, 2006).

Angela Wanhalla is an associate professor in the Department of History and Art History at the University of Otago. Her research sits at the intersection of race, gender and colonialism, with a particular interest in histories of race and intimacy within and across colonial cultures. Her most recent book, Matters of the Heart: A History of Interracial Marriage in New Zealand (Auckland University Press, 2013), was awarded the Ernest Scott Prize by the Australian Historical Association for the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand. Her current project, which is funded by a Royal Society of New Zealand Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, is concerned with the politics of intimacy in New Zealand.