Dr Hugh Kawharu, of Orakei, Auckland (see photo, left) a member of Ngati Whatua, has been appointed to the staff of Auckland University as a lecturer in social anthropology. He has studied at both Oxford and Cambridge, and his qualifications include B.Sc. (N.Z.), M.A. (Cantab.), B. Litt. (Oxon.) and D.Phil. (Oxon.). His B. Litt. and D.Phil. theses were on Maori land tenure Hugh Kawharu has spent five years with the Department of Maori Affairs, and has done work for the United Nations in connection with technical assistance to underdeveloped countries. He has also spent some time with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Aged 37, he is married with three children. Mr P. W. Hohepa (see photo below, left) has also taken up an appointment at Auckland University, as a lecturer in Maori studies. Previously a junior lecturer at Auckland, he has been studying at the University of Indiana in the United States, where he recently submitted a Ph.D. thesis on ‘A profile-generative PEOPLE AND PLACES