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Dr Carla Houkamau (Te Whānau o Tūwhakairiora – Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kere – Ngāti Kahungunu, Kāti Hāteatea ki Moeraki – Kāi Tahu), who has written the English text, is a professor in the Department of Management and International Business, and the deputy dean for the Faculty of Business and Economics, the University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau. Raised in central Hawke’s Bay, Carla grew up in a large whānau of hunters, divers, and fishers. Her academic work includes over eighty publications, spanning journal articles, conference papers, and commissioned reports. Of both Māori and Pākehā descent, Carla has a deep personal interest in the history of Māori–Pākehā relations.

Te Waka Hourua is a tangata whenua-led, direct action, climate and social justice ropu Their kaupapa is as described by their whakaaturanga: Our waka hourua has set its course.

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Dr Wil Hoverd is a senior lecturer at Massey University and Director of the university’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies. He is a social scientist with a specific interest in critical research into New Zealand security issues and religious diversity. He was a contributor to and editor of New Zealand National Security: Challenges, trends and issues published by Massey University Press in 2017. Deidre McDonald works at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, Massey University. Her areas of research include biosecurity, food safety and law.

Born in 1959, David Howard co-founded the literary journal Takahe (1989) and the Canterbury Poets Collective (1990) in his home town, Christchurch. He has collaborated with visual artists such as the photographer Fiona Pardington and the painter Kim Pieters; contributed to Art New Zealand; provided libretti for the composers Sofia Filyanima (Russia), Brina Jez (Slovenia), Marta Jirackova (Czech Republic), and Johanna Selleck (Australia). He was the editor of A Place To Go On From: the Collected Poems of Iain Lonie (Otago University Press, 2015). The writing of Rawaho: the Completed Poems has been supported by the Robert Burns Fellowship at Otago University (2013); the Otago Wallace Residency (2014); a UNESCO City of Literature Residency in Prague (2016); the Ursula Bethell Residency at Canterbury University (2016); the Writers' House Residency, Pazin, Croatia (2017); the Grimshaw Sargeson Residency (2018); and a UNESCO City of Literature Residency in Ulyanovsk (2019).

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Dr Cate Howell is a GP, therapist, researcher, educator and author. She has over 40 years of training and experience in the health sphere, and is passionate about the areas of mental health, wellbeing and counselling. Currently Cate is mostly involved in education and writing related to these areas.

Dr Cate Howell is a GP, therapist, researcher, educator and author. She has over 40 years of training and experience in the health sphere, and is passionate about the areas of mental health, wellbeing and counselling. Currently Cate is mostly involved in education and writing related to these areas.

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