Buddy Mikaere Collection

DR LAURIE BARBER is one of the pioneers in the teaching of military history in New Zealand at university level and author of a large number of books, including 'Red Coat to Jungle Green', 'Freyberg: Churchill's Salamander' and 'War Memorial'.; BUDDY MIKAERE is a Maori historian who has specialised in the field of race relations history. He has published extensively on the subject and his books include 'Te Maiharoa: The Promised Land', 'Maori in Aotearoa' and 'Victory at Gate Pa?' His tribal affiliations are with the Hauraki and Tauranga districts, Ngati Pukenga and Ngati Ranginui.; DR NIGEL PRICKETT completed his PhD degree in 1981 on British Army and colonial fortifications in Taranaki. He was Curator of Archaeology at Auckland War Museum and has written extensively on the fortifications and archaeology of the New Zealand Wars. His books include 'Fortifications of the New Zealand Wars' and 'Landscapes of Conflict'.; DR CHRISTOPHER PUGSLEY, ONZM, is a former New Zealand Army officer. He has written extensively on New Zealand military history. His books include 'Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story', 'On the Fringe of Hell', 'Te Hokowhitu A Tu: the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War', 'From Emergency to Confrontation', 'The ANZAC Experience', 'A Bloody Road Home', 'The Camera in the Crowd' and 'Le Quesnoy 1918'.; ROSE YOUNG was Curator of History at Auckland War Memorial Museum. Her interests are wide-ranging, and her research includes a major work on the life and art of Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky, leader of the famous Forest Rangers during the New Zealand Wars.