Martin Tolich is an Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at the University of Otago in New Zealand. He has been teaching and researching sociology for more than 25 years. His many research interests include employment, ethics review boards, M?ori consultation processes, and experiential research training for students. He has published extensively including two recent books - Planning Ethically Responsible Research (with Joan Sieber, 2013) and Getting Started: An Introduction to Research Methods (with Carl Davidson, 2011).