About the Author

Keith Newman is an Auckland-based writer with over 30 years' experience writing for mainstream and trade media. He began his research into the life of T. W. Ratana in 1986; two decades later his first book, Ratana Revisited, was published. Keith has won several awards for his journalism, including the Qantas Media Award for Best Magazine Feature Writer (2004) and Best Produced Music Feature in the New Zealand Radio Awards (2007) for The Blerta Years documentary on Radio New Zealand National.