Professor Robert Jahnke’s artistic practice straddles design, illustration, animation and sculpture. Robert grew up on the East Coast at Waipiro Bay with a hapu affiliation with Te Whanau a Rakairoa of Ngāti Porou. He was educated at Hato Paora College and holds a Master of Fine Arts from Elam at the University of Auckland and a Master of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts. He is currently head of Te Pūtahi-a-Toi, School of Māori Studies, Massey University.

Selected bibliography:

• The House of the People text by Ron Bacon (Collins 1977).
• The Fish of Our Fathers text by Ron Bacon (Waiatarua Publishing 1984).
• Friend Troll Friend Taniwha text by Anne De Roo (Hodder & Stoughton 1986).
• The Home of the Winds text by Ron Bacon (Waiatarua Publishing 1986).

Awards:

• Russell Clark Award 1978 for The House of the People.