Dr Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki, Te Atiawa) is a historian, archivist and speechwriter. Currently, she is an honorary research associate in Indigenous Studies at the University of Melbourne.Buchanan's first book, "The Parihaka Album: Lest We Forget," was published in 2009. Her fourth book, "Te Motunui Epa," follows the journey of one of New Zealand's most valuable artworks from swamp to chateau, from auction room to courtroom to lockup and back home again. Previously, Buchanan was Curator of the Germaine Greer Archive at the University of Melbourne.Buchanan received her Ph.D. in History from Monash University.