Tahu Hera Kukutai (Ngāti Tīpā, Ngāti Mahanga, Ngāti Kinohaku, Ngāti Ngawaero Te Aupōuri) is a sociology academic.
Dr Melinda Webber (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whakaue) is an Associate Professor at the University of Auckland, specialising in Māori identity and the ways in which race, ethnicity and culture impact on young people.
In this excerpt from 'Ka Pū Te Ruha, Ka Hao Te Rangatahi Māori Identities in the Twenty-first Century,' leading social scientists Tahu Kukutai and Melinda Webber look at modern Māori identities.