Dr Robyn Anderson, PhD

Dr Robyn Anderson is a New Zealand historian. She did her PhD at the University of Toronto, where she worked for a number of years before returning to New Zealand in 1991. In 1992, she joined the staff of the Crown-Congress Joint Working Party and prepared historical evidence underpinning the return of railways land to Wellington Māori. Since then, she has carried out research projects for the Waitangi Tribunal and for claimants from the Hauraki, Kaipara, and Whanganui districts.

From 2000 to 2003, Dr Anderson was the first history concept leader at Te Papa Tongarewa (Museum of New Zealand), where she led research and exhibitions for the history and Pacific cultures sections of the museum. She is currently preparing an historical overview report on the history of Tongariro National Park for the Tribunal's National Park inquiry, and assisting the Wairarapa ki Tararua Tribunal as a consultant historian. Dr Anderson brings a huge wealth of experience in Treaty history and issues to the work of the Waitangi Tribunal.