Prof Dame Mary Anne Salmond made member of ONZ

Distinguished professor Dame Mary Anne Salmond is to be made a member of the order of New Zealand - the country's highest honour. She's an eminent writer and social scientist who is internationally recognised for her work since the 1970s on cross-cultural exchanges and environmental matters. She has had a lifelong engagement with te ao Maori, working alongside kuia and kaumatua and presenting evidence in the Muri - whenua Land and Fisheries Treaty claims, the Ngapuhi claim for Te Ti-riti o Waitangi, and the first test case of the Treaty clause of the Resource Management Act.