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Shalane Hopkins is an author, creative strategist, and life coach based in Otago, New Zealand. After walking 3,000 km along Te Araroa, she carried the lessons of resilience, authenticity, and growth into her writing and coaching. Her work empowers individuals to overcome challenges, align with their authentic selves, and take courageous steps toward meaningful change. One Step at a Time is her debut memoir.

Jenny Boyack and John Hornblow have been involved with pilgrimages for many years and believe that, in a broad sense, we are always 'on pilgrimage'. For over a decade they have planned and led a range of pilgrimages within Aotearoa New Zealand, and overseas in Israel and Palestine; Italy (Franciscan); England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland (Celtic); and Greece and Turkey. They have also been involved with St George's College in Jerusalem and the Anglican Centre in Rome, both centres for pilgrimage. In 2015 John spoke at the Second Global Conference on Sacred Journeys held at Mansfield College, Oxford University, England. In 2017 they walked 150 km of the Camino Santiago de Compostela in Spain. John is a retired Priest in All Saints' Anglican Parish, Palmerston North, a former Deputy Mayor of Palmerston North, and in his working life, director of a human resource company. Jenny is organist and choir director at All Saints, and is now retired from a career in music and teacher education. Jenny and John are married and have seven adult children and twelve grandchildren.

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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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