I whakaoti a Dr Robyn Anderson i tana tohu kairangi ki te Whare Wānanga o Toronto, ā, i mahi ia i reira mō ētahi tau i mua i te hokinga mai ki Aotearoa i te tau 1991. I te tau 1992, i mahi tahi ia me ngā kaimahi o te Crown-Congress Joint Working Party, ā, nāna ngā taunakitanga o mua i noho hei tūāpapa mō te whakahokinga o ngā whenua rerewē ki ngā Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara. I oti i a ia ētahi kaupapa rangahau mō te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi me ngā kaikerēme nō ngā takiwā o Hauraki, o Kaipara, o Whanganui hoki. Mai i te tau 2000 ki te 2003, ko Dr Anderson te kaihautū huatau hītori tuatahi ki Te Papa Tongarewa. I reira i ārahi ia i te rangahau me te whanaketanga whakaaturanga mō ngā ahurea hītori me Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I kopoua a Dr Anderson ki te Taraipiunara i te tau 2004.