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Kirsty Johnston is an investigative journalist with an interest in inequality, gender and social justice. Her work has helped to change lives, such as the banning of seclusion rooms in primary schools, and the repeal of a law that discriminated against family carers for the disabled. She began her career at the Taranaki Daily News, and has worked at Stuff, the Sunday Star-Times and the New Zealand Herald. She was awarded Best Investigation at the national media awards in 2014, Best Crime and Social Issues reporter in 2019, and Reporter of the Year in 2022. She has made two documentaries. James Hollings is an associate professor of journalism at Massey University in Wellington. He is the author of A Moral Truth: 150 Years of Investigative Journalism in New Zealand (Massey University Press) as well as numerous academic articles on journalism. At Massey he teaches investigative journalism, among other things. Before joining Massey he was a journalist for newspapers and radio both in New Zealand and overseas. He has also made two documentaries.

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Pei Te Hurinui (1898-1976), Ngati Maniapoto leader, interpreter, land officer, writer, translator, genealogist, was bilingual and published extensively in both English and Maori. He translated several of Shakespeare's plays and Fitzgerald's Omar Khayyam into Maori and collaborated with Sir Apirana Ngata, on the first three volumes of Nga Moteatea. His first and main interest was in recording and compiling the Tainui traditions published in Nga Iwi o Tainui.

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