Keri Mills
Dr. Keri Mills is a senior researcher at the Policy Observatory, AUT. Her research specialties are in Māori/Pākehā and Māori/government relationships in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the history of conservation. Her PhD on the relationship between DOC and iwi at Tongariro National Park was awarded by the Australian National University in 2013. She has previously worked at the University of Auckland, the Office of Treaty Settlements, and the University of the South Pacific. @keri_mills

The pōhutukawa and the Takapuna apartment dwellers
An ancient grove of pōhutukawa on Takapuna beach was once used by Māori to prepare the dead for burial. Today it's at the centre of a battle between local iwi and apartment owners.