Hirini Kaa
Dr Hirini Kaa (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu, Rongowhakaata) is a minister in the Anglican church and kaiārahi (Māori and Pacific Advisor) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Auckland. He’s also an historian with a book on iwi engagement with Christianity due out with Bridget Williams Books in April 2019, and is currently undertaking a Marsden Fund research project on the Young Māori Party.

Mihinare: 200 years of Māori and the Anglican Church
In his new book, Anglican minister and historian Dr Hirini Kaa tells the 200-year story of iwi engaging with the church. Here he shares some of the threads of his life that led to writing Te Hāhi Mihinare – The Māori Anglican Church.