“…It is, however, acknowledged by the authors that other than the points at which the histories of the two caucuses (Manuhiri, later re-named Tau Iwi, and Tangata Whenua, later renamed as Tangata Whenua Takawaenga o Aotearoa) intersect, the ground-breaking history of the Tangata Whenua Caucus is not theirs to relate. An increasing and rich body of literature does address this important history (Ohia, 1988a;Pihama, 1991;Ruwhiu, 1999Ruwhiu, , 2002Walsh-Tapiata, 2002).…”