Kerry Taylor is head of the School of Humanities and director of the W. H. Oliver Humanities Research Academy at Massey University. His work has been mainly on the history of the left and political dissent, and the history of material culture in New Zealand. His works include Culture and the Labour Movement (edited with John Martin), On the Left: Essays on Socialism in New Zealand (edited with Pat Moloney), and Te Hao Nui The Great Catch: Object Stories from Te Manawa (edited with Fiona McKergow).
