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Dr Wiebke Finkler is a creative marketing researcher, filmmaker and science communicator, with a focus on using storytelling to promote sustainable human-wildlife interactions. Scott Davis is a wildlife researcher, international photography expedition leader, and professional assignment photographer.

The Honourable Christopher Finlayson QC LLD BA was elected as a National Party Member of Parliament in 2005 and served as Attorney-General and Minister for Treaty Negotiations (2008-17), Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage (2008-14), Associate Minister of Maori Development (2014-17) and Minister for the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service and Government Communications Security Bureau (2014-17). He retired from Parliament in 2018 to return to legal practice. James Christmas MA LLB is a barrister who was senior ministerial adviser to Christopher Finlayson (2011-16) and to Prime Ministers Sir John Key and Sir Bill English (2016-17).

Roderick Finlayson (1904–1992) was born in Auckland but spent much of his young life among Māori in the Bay of Plenty before buying a house in Weymouth on the Manukau Harbour where he would spend the rest of his life. His early stories were of Māori losing their land and culture to the rapacious settler culture. His first collection of stories, Brown Man’s Burden, was published in 1938, followed in 1942 by Sweet Beulah Land. Many of his stories appeared in the Sydney journal The Bulletin and the episodic novel Tidal Creek was published in Australia by Angus & Robertson in 1948. Another novel, The Schooner Came to Atia was published in 1952. 1965 saw the publication of The Springing Fern, an episodic historical novel for children based on a series of Primary School Bulletins. Finlayson's monograph on D'Arcy Cresswell came out in 1972, followed in 1973 by an expanded version of Brown Man's Burden. Finlayson published two further collections of stories: Other Lovers in 1976 and In Georgina's Shady Garden in 1988.

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Te Tari Pureke - Firearms Safety Authority, is a business unit of New Zealand Police, whose purpose is to effectively regulate the legitimate possession and use of firearms, to keep all communities safe. It is Te Tari Pureke's role as a regulator to ensure that only people who are fit and proper are able to access, possess and use firearms, and once licensed, they ensure licence holders are complying with regulatory obligations.

Te Tari Pūreke – Firearms Safety Authority, is a business unit of New Zealand Police, whose purpose is to effectively regulate the legitimate possession and use of firearms, to keep all communities safe. It is Te Tari Pūreke’s role as a regulator to ensure that only people who are fit and proper are able to access, possess and use firearms, and once licensed, they ensure licence holders are complying with regulatory obligations.

Karen Fischer is a registered nutritionist and founder of the support network Eczema Life. Her book The Healthy Skin Diet won ‘Best Health, Nutrition or Specific Diet Book’ at the Australian Food Media Awards. Over 20 years she has helped thousands of people to heal and reclaim their lives.

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Martin Fisher was born in Hungary and grew up in Canada and New Zealand. He has a BA (Hons) from the University of Otago, an MA from McGill University, and a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, all in history. Martin worked as an academic tutor for a range of courses in history, political studies and management. He also worked in the Treaty of Waitangi claims process, first as a researcher for the Office of Treaty Settlements and the Crown Forestry Rental Trust, and then from 2012 to 2014 as a research analyst/inquiry facilitator at the Waitangi Tribunal. He joined the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre at the University of Canterbury as a lecturer in 2014.

Colin Fisher spent some time in the British Royal Navy, hence the nautical theme in this Chuckle and Learn series. He retired to New Zealand and as well as writing books for children, he grows grapevines and makes fine wine.