ProfessorMike Stevens

Professor Mike Stevens (nō Kāi Tahu) is a historian of the Māori past. His research focuses primarily on nineteenth Kāi Tahu communities and individuals, especially those located south of the Waitaki River, through the lenses of environmental history, maritime history, and port history. He has a particular interest in Bluff, where he was raised, and actively contributes to Te Rūnaka o Awarua and Te Rau Aroha Marae.

Mike is a member of Te Pae Kōrako, the Ngāi Tahu Archive Advisory Committee, and contributed several biographies to volumes 1 and 2 of the award-winning Tāngata Ngāi Tahu.