Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngāi Tai, Ngāti Kahungunu
He tumu kōrero ngaio a Dr Monty Soutar, e mahi ana i runga i tētahi raupapatanga pukapuka ā-hītori e kīia nei ko Kawai. He whānui ana mahi ki ngā iwi me ngā hapori Māori, otirā i te wā e tuhi ana i Ngā Tama Toa (David Bateman, 2008), i kōrero mō te C Company o Te Ope Taua 28 (Māori) i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao me Whītiki! (David Bateman, 2019), i arotahi ki te whai wāhi atu o ngāi Māori i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao. He kaiako, he hōia, he kaiako wānanga, he tumu whakarae iwi rūnanga me te tumu kōrero matua ki te Manatū Taonga. He maha ana kopounga i runga i ngā poari tohutohu ā-motu, tae atu ki te te Archives NZ Council, ngā Guardians of the Alexander Turnbull Library me te First World War Centenary Panel. I kopoua a Dr Soutar ki te Taraipiunara i te tau 2002.