Michael Belgrave is an Emeritus Professor in history from Massey University.  His most recent book, Becoming Aotearoa: A general history of New Zealand was published in October 2024. He has published widely on public policy, treaty and Māori history. Dancing with the King (AUP, 2017) an exploration of diplomacy and peace-making in the decades between the Waikato War and the opening of the King Country, was awarded the Ernest Scott award for the best book on New Zealand or Australian history in 2017. He has worked extensively on Waitangi Tribunal inquiry research and treaty settlements since the late 1980s. He was president of the New Zealand Historical Association, 2019-2021. He took an active role in the development of the new history curriculum and has published on the challenges in its creation and implementation.

Bronwyn is a Deputy Principal of Curriculum at Marist College in Mt Albert Auckland. She completed her PhD in Education in 2020. Her research used student understanding of history as constructed and contested as a vehicle to investigate the interpretative frameworks of predominantly Pacific learners at a Catholic girl’s high school in South Auckland. 

Bronwyn was on the writing panel for both the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum and the Social Sciences Curriculum refresh. Bronwyn is the Treasurer of the New Zealand History Teacher’s Association and works to support teachers with professional learning in that space.