He tumu kōrero matua o Aotearoa a Dr Ann Parsonson. Roa tonu tana tū hei pūkenga (hītori) i te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, kātahi ka eke ia hei hoa matua tāpiri ki te School of Humanities and Creative Arts (Hītori) ki Ōtautahi. He hoa rangahau hoki ia i te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, me te hoa rangahau matua ki te Waikato Endowed College, Hopuhopu. I mahi a Dr Parsonson i te taha o Ngāi Tahu, Ngā Iwi o Taranaki, me ngā iwi o Waikato i te whakaritenga o ā rātou kerēme Tiriti, e whakarato ana i ngā pūrongo hītori matua. Ko te kaupapa o ana tānga ko te hītori o Aotearoa, te hītori Māori, me te hītori Tiriti. I kopoua a Dr Parsonson ki te Taraipiunara i te tau 2001, ā, he mema tumu kōrero i runga i ētahi ruku tātari ā-takiwā o mua matua.