KAYLEEN M. HAZLEHURST is a Senior Lecturer in Cross-Cultural Studies in the Faculty of Arts, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. She is a fifth generation New Zealander, and has conducted research on the Maori since 1979. Hazlehurst was traines in anthropology at McGill and Toronto Universities. She was employed for eight years as a Criminologist and Senior Criminologist at the Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, and has held policy and research positions with the National Aboriginal Conference and the Aboriginal Development Commission.