Authors

The young writers and artists published in Toitoi are between the ages of 5-13. Their work reflects the cultures and experiences of life in New Zealand and provides an original and authentic voice that other young people can connect to and be inspired by.

Surprised by Hope is the third book of poetry by Dunedin writer John Gibb, an English honours graduate of Otago University and former crime reporter at the Whanganui Chronicle, who recently retired after more than thirty years as a science and university reporter at the Otago Daily Times.

The young writers and artists published in Toitoi are between the ages of 5-13. Their work reflects the cultures and experiences of life in New Zealand and provides an original and authentic voice that other young people can connect to and be inspired by.

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Dr George Gibbs is a retired university lecturer, from the School of Biological Sciences at Victoria University. He obtained a PhD in insect ecology from the University of Sydney and pursued a career researching butterflies, moths and weta. He has also researched, written and lectured extensively about New Zealand's historical biogeography. He has published four books on New Zealand insects, numerous scientific papers, and the now classic volume on New Zealand biogeography 'Ghosts of Gondwana' (Potton & Burton, 2006, revised and expanded in 2016). He is G. V. Hudson's grandson.

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Kelly Gibney is an Auckland-based cook, food stylist, photographer and mother of two who loves to chat, slurp noodles and make friends with dogs. Over the last decade, her recipes and photography have appeared in Dish Magazine, Fashion Quarterly, NZ Herald and Stuff. She's also collaborated with many of New Zealand's most-loved food brands. Kelly has appeared on THREE and TVNZ and you'll regularly hear her on Radio NZ. Kelly's background was previously in hospitality in New York, Melbourne and Auckland. She's been a judge for Metro Magazine's Restaurant of the Year Awards and enjoys hosting and MCing food and hospitality industry-related events. Her debut cookbook Wholehearted was released in 2017. Her recipes have also been published in Whole and the RNZ Cookbook.

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Sam Gibson is a trapper and conservation worker who runs the Instagram page Sam the Trap man: https://www.instagram.com/sam_the_trap_man, which has 17,000 followers. He's spent his life in the bush hunting, trapping and fishing, and has worked for DOC as well as private conservation companies.In 2019 he established the Eastern Whio Link conservation project, restoring whio (native blue duck) to the rivers of the Waioeka on the East coast, where he was born and raised. This work is largely done by volunteers and is bearing fruit - the team started with four breeding pairs, which have since birthed 100 chicks, and he reports that the number of whio bobbing in the waters in the area is starting to increase noticeably.Sam lives with his partner Roimata and their two young children in Gisborne.