Authors

Anna Green is an Adjunct Professor at Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington's Stout Research Centre for NZ Studies. Anna specialises in memory and oral history using an interdisciplinary approach drawn from psychology, anthropology, sociology and literature. Anna serves as president of The National Oral History Association of New Zealand and contributes to various international scholarly associations and journals. Megan Hutching is a freelance historian specialising in oral history. She has produced six books in the 'New Zealanders Remember' series, including most recently, Last Line of Defence: New Zealanders remember the war at home. Megan's early research into women opposing war in early twentieth-century New Zealand continues to inspire her ongoing work on ordinary women's extraordinary lives.

Alison Green (Ngati Awa, Ngati Ranginui) is a mother, a grandmother, and a professor in the School of Indigenous Graduate Studies, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi. She holds a PhD in Maori and Pacific Development. In 2019, Alison was awarded the inaugural Misiweskamik Indigenous Post-Doctoral Fellowship to the University of Saskatchewan, where she taught at the Department of Indigenous Studies. She is also the chief executive of a Kaupapa Maori organisation that delivers sexual and reproductive health support, policy, advisory services and research. Leonie Pihama (Te Atiawa, Nga Mahanga a Tairi, Waikato) is a mother of six and grandmother of six mokopuna. She is a professor of Maori and Indigenous research, director of research at Tu Tama Wahine o Taranaki, and director of Maori and Indigenous analysis. She has held roles as professor of Maori research at Nga Wai a Te Tui Research Institute, and director at Te Kotahi Research Institute (Waikato) and the Indigenous Research Institute for Maori and Indigenous Education (University of Auckland). She was a recipient of the Hohua Tutengaehe Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship and the inaugural Nga Pae o te Maramatanga Senior Maori Fulbright Scholarship at the University of Washington. In 2015, Leonie was awarded the Te Tohu Pae Tawhiti Award and the Te Tohu Rapuora Award. She has served on the boards of the Maori Health Committee for the Health Research Council, Maori Television, Te Mangai Paho and Nga Pae o te Maramatanga.

Paula Green (Author) Paula Green ONZM is one of New Zealand's most highly regarded poets, as well as an acclaimed writer, reviewer and anthologist. She has published a number of acclaimed poetry collections for adults and children, and edited several anthologies. She is also the author of two picture books. In 2017, she received the Prime Minister's Award for Poetry and was admitted to the New Zealand Order of Merit for Services to Poetry. She lives in coastal West Auckland with her husband, the painter Michael Hight (they have two adult daughters), and champions Aotearoa's present and future poets through her two blogs, Poetry Box for children and Poetry Shelf for adults. Kimberly Andrews (Illustrator) Kimberly Andrews is a trained biologist and geologist who grew up in the Canadian Rockies and has lived and worked in New Zealand, Borneo and the UK. Her picture books have been widely acclaimed and her Puffin the Architect series has been published in five languages. In 2019 she won the Russell Clark Award for Illustration for Puffin the Architect, the first story which she both wrote and illustrated. Kimberly lives with her husband and two young daughters in a shipping-container house near Wellington, where she illustrates and writes, and runs Tumbleweed Tees, a screen-printing business featuring her illustrations of New Zealand plants and wildlife.

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Brenda Greene was born in Auckland, New Zealand and moved to Christchurch in 2003 where she worked for local, regional and national government in education, technical and policy roles. She has written secondary school work books for Essential resources and self published her lived experience of the Christchurch earthquakes. Purchases can be made through Scorpio Books, Writers Plot, Readers Read and Wheelers.

Catherine Greer is an author of fiction and non-fiction, and an age positive advocate. She first collaborated with musician Alexander Lau on Jacaranda Snow (2018), her growth mindset picture book. Joanna Bartel is a designer and illustrator with experience in Arts education, design, teaching and creative marketing. She particularly loves character design and creating imaginative and playful images to engage children and enhance imaginative learning. Alexander Lau is a violinist and contemporary classical composer.Alex is also the composer of ‘Jacaranda Snow’, a piano quartet for the growth mindset picture book

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Chef Mark Gregory, honoured as Master of Culinary Arts by The Royal Academy, is known for his appearances on TV shows such as 'Ready Steady Cook' and the BBC 'Good Food Show'. He has cooked for a wide range of distinguished individuals, including royalty, presidents, prime ministers, movie stars, pop legends, and sporting greats. Mark's achievements are impressive, including being named New Zealand Chef of the Year in the late 1980s. He then went to London and won the British Chef of the Year award. In 1996, he was awarded the Meilleur Ouvrier for cooking, a master craftsman status in France, becoming the first New Zealander to do so.One of his most significant achievements is founding the DINEAID charity, which helps the New Zealand hospitality community raise funds for City Mission food banks during the Christmas season each year. Despite his extensive culinary experience, what truly brings the Gregory family together is Christmas. Mark enjoys cooking and taking care of people, especially during the festive season. In this book he shares a collection of traditional and new Christmas recipes, artisan gifts and fun family games, emphasising the importance of creating cherished memories through food and togetherness.

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