Rachel BuchananRachel Buchanan

Dr Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa) is an historian, archivist, journalist and curator. She is the author of The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget, Stop Press: The Last Days of Newspapers and Ko Taranaki Te Maunga.

Rock ‘n’ roll dreams do come true (even during a pandemic)

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The locked-down residents of a Wellington rest home – including her mum – are treated to a live gig courtesy of historian and author Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki, Te Ātiawa). Ever since I was Dorothy in the New Plymouth Operatic Society’s production of The Wizard of Oz, I have wanted an international music career. Some 40 … Read more

Who gets to speak for the people of Parihaka?

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As a proposed new law to protect the Parihaka name makes its way through parliament, Rachel Buchanan reflects on the shifting legacy of something that is so much more than a set of GPS coordinates.   In 1848, my kuia Arapera Rongouaroa Parai gave birth to Tāre Warahi (Charles Wallace) at Te Aro Pā, in what … Read more