Authors

Erik Olssen is emeritus professor at the Department of History, University of Otago. His research interests focus on the relationships between politics, society, ideas, culture and economics. He was elected an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002 and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. His many books include A History of Otago (John McIndoe, 1984), The Red Feds: Revolutionary Industrial Unionism and the New Zealand Federation of Labour 1908–14 (Oxford University Press, 1988), Building the New World: Work, Politics and Society in Caversham 1880s–1920s (Auckland University Press, 1995), and (as co-author) An Accidental Utopia? Social Mobility and the Foundations of an Egalitarian Society, 1880–1940 (Otago University Press, 2011).

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Satoru Onishi was born in 1955. He studied art in Tokyo, Japan, and now works as a professional illustrator.

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Claire Orchard studied English and history at Massey University and completed an MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. She lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and is the author of two poetry collections: Cold Water Cure (2016) and Liveability (2023).

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Maurice Ormsby was born in Te Kuiti and grew up on a dairy farm at nearby Te Uira after his parents - John Ormsby, Capt 28 (Maori) Battalion, and nursing sister Kate O'Gorman - returned from World War Two. A member of Ngati Te Waha hapu of Ngati Maniapoto, Maurice holds an MA with first class honours from Canterbury University and a D Phil in Philosophy from Oxford University.