This collection of essays by senior Māori experts examines issues involving the Treaty of Waitangi,  Māori culture, Māori health and the environment. It analyses particular disciplines through the Māori concept of Mana Tangata - Empowering People and offers insights and solutions for issues that have long confronted Māori. Everybody who has an interest in Māori development should read this book.

Huia Tomlins-Jahnke (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Toarangatira, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Hine) is Associate Professor of Māori Education at Massey University. Her research interests include Māori indigenous development, indigenous research methodologies, the ethics of knowledge production and Māori education. 

Malcom Mulholland (Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) is a researcher at Te Pūtahi-ā-Toi, School of Māori Studies, Massey University. He authored the award-winning Beneath the Māori Moon: An Illustrated History of Māori Rugby (Huia) and co-edited Māori and the Environment: Kaitiaki (Huia) and Weeping Waters: The Treaty of Waitangi and Constitutional Change (Huia).