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President of the Auckland Museum's Conchology section for seven years, Margaret Morley has spent many years building her collection of sea shells, one of the largest in the country. Iain Anderson's photographic work is featured regularly in a number of natural history publications.

President of the Auckland Museum's Conchology section for seven years, Margaret Morley has spent many years building her collection of sea shells, one of the largest in the country. Iain Anderson's photographic work is featured regularly in a number of natural history publications.

Kingi M. Ihaka (Author) Sir Kingi Matutaera Ihaka (Te Aupouri, 1921-1993) was a respected translator, Anglican minister, broadcaster, musician and Maori language champion. Kingi was the thirteenth of fourteen children, grew up fluent in Maori and English and had a beautiful, deep singing voice. He first worked in the Native Department before training as a translator and Anglican priest. A founding member of the Putiki Maori Club and a tutor of adult education at Ngati Poneke Maori Club, Ihaka composed music prolifically, published a collection of Maori proverbs and popular sayings, and regularly contributed to the 'Maoritanga' programme on national radio. He was knighted in 1989 for his services to the Maori people and in 1990 became Maori Language Commissioner. He died in 1993 at the age of 73, and left behind a number of musical works including A Pukeko in a Ponga Tree, his enduringly popular adaptation of 'The Twelve Days of Christmas'. Dick Frizzell (Illustrator) Dick Frizzell is one of Aotearoa New Zealand's most popular and important artists, whose works are held in major public, corporate and private collections. His pop art works have become some of New Zealand's most iconic and well-known images, from his 'Mickey to Tiki, Tu Meke' to his Four Square Man. He has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and has published several books. He lives in Auckland.

I whanau mai a Witi Ihimaera DCNZM, QSM ki Turanganui-a-Kiwa, a, he uri no Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, no Rongowhakaata me Ngati Porou. He hononga hoki ona ki a Tuhoe, ki a Te Whanau-a-Apanui, ki a Ngati Kahungunu me Ngai Tamanuhiri. He kaitakawaenga kawanatanga, he ahorangi, ko ia hoki tetahi o nga kaituhi maruwehi e ora tonu ana. Ko etahi o ana pukapuka maha, ko Pounamu, Pounamu (1972), ko The Matriarch (1985) me The Whale Rider (1987) - i mahia ai hai whitiata rongonui i te tau 2002, i whakamaoritia ai hoki e Ta Timoti Karetu. Kua whakawhiwhia a ia ki nga tohu maha, tae atu ra ki te Wattie Book of the Year Award, ki te Montana Book Award me te Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. I te tau 2004, i whakaingoatia a ia hai Distinguished Companion of the Order of New Zealand, a, i te tau 2017, ka utaina te tohu nei ki runga ki a ia e Paranihi te Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. ________ Witi Ihimaera DCNZM, QSM, was born in Gisborne and is of Te Aitanga-a-Mahaki, Rongowhakaata and Ngati Porou descent with connections to Tuhoe, Te Whanau-a-Apanui, Ngati Kahungunu and Ngai Tamanuhiri. Diplomat, professor and one of Aotearoa's most distinguished living writers, his many books include Pounamu, Pounamu (1972), The Matriarch (1985) and The Whale Rider (1987), made into a hugely successful film in 2002 and also translated into Maori by Timoti Karetu. He has received numerous awards, including the Wattie Book of the Year Award, the Montana Book Award and a Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement. In 2004 he became a Distinguished Companion of the Order of New Zealand and in 2017 France made him Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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Welby Ings is a best-selling writer and celebrated New Zealand filmmaker. A professor in narrative design at Auckland University of Technology, he is the recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence and the NZ Government Award for Sustained Tertiary Teaching Excellence. In 2013 he was awarded the inaugural AUT medal for his contribution to learning and research.

Welby Ings is a best-selling writer and celebrated New Zealand filmmaker. A professor in narrative design at Auckland University of Technology, he is the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Tertiary Teaching Excellence and the NZ Government Award for Sustained Tertiary Teaching Excellence. In 2013 he was awarded the inaugural AUT medal for his contribution to learning and research. Invisible Intelligence is Ings’ second book in a planned trilogy on creative thinking and educational reform. It follows Disobedient Teaching (Otago University Press, 2017).

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Helen is a writer of fiction and non-fiction who usually lives in a house in Naenae, sometimes on a boat in Seaview, and hardly ever but with great enthusiasm in a yurt in Wainuiomata. She studied linguistics and psychology at Victoria University, then taught English as a second language for twenty years in Ireland, England, Japan, China and New Zealand. She has travelled through thirty countries, mostly by train, and is good at studying a new language in the carriage before crossing the border, and forgetting it completely on the journey out. Into the Woods was completed as part of her thesis in creative writing from Victoria University, which she finished in 2021.

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