Dominic O’Sullivan is an Associate Professor in political science at Charles Sturt University, Australia. His research is primarily in comparative indigenous politics and policy, and his extensive publications include three books: Faith, Politics and Reconciliation: Catholicism and the politics of indigeneity (ATF Press, 2005), Beyond Biculturalism: the politics of an indigenous minority (University of Hawai’i Press, 2007) and, with Russell Bishop and Mere Berryman, Scaling up education reform: addressing the politics of disparity (NZCER Press, 2010). Dominic is from the Te Rarawa and Ngati Kahu iwi of northern New Zealand.