Mark Derby is a Wellington writer and historian who has worked for the Waitangi Tribunal and Te Ara – the online encylopedia of NZ. His other books include Kiwi Compañeros – New Zealand and the Spanish Civil War (2009) and The Prophet and the Policeman – the story of Rua Kenana and John Cullen (2009). He is the chair of the Labour History Project Inc. Bob Kerr is a Wellington painter and author with an interest in New Zealand’s history and landscape. His paintings are held in private collections in New Zealand and overseas. Perhaps his best-known work is on the cover of Michael King’s Penguin History Of New Zealand. He is represented by Whitespace Gallery, Auckland.