Authors

NOEL BRUCE MATHESON (17 AUG 1931 - 28 AUG 2020)

Peta Mathias MNZM is a respected and prolific New Zealand chef, author and broadcaster, who conducts gastronomic tours to such exotic places as France, Morocco, Spain, Vietnam, Italy and India. She lives in the South of France in the French summer, teaching cooking classes in her Uz s home and lives in Auckland in the New Zealand summer, writing and avoiding winter. For twelve years Peta presented the award winning prime time travel/food television shows Taste New Zealand, Taste Takes Off and A Taste of Home. Her many books are about food, travel, life, men, women, love and explaining how egg whites can transform your life. In 2012 Peta was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit by the New Zealand Government in recognition for her work as an author and TV presenter. www.petamathias.com

Jaz Mathisen is the station cook for Awakino station, a historical homestead in North Otago's Kurow. Jaz is the mother of three young daughters and the partner to Dan Devine, who is the third generation of his family to run the Awakino farm (fun fact: Dan is the farmer that discovered Shrek the sheep all those years ago!). Jaz has built up a strong social media presence with her recipes and homesteading tips, designed for busy people and young mums. She's a big believer in seasonal growing, cooking and eating - the book has plenty of practical tips for each of these topics.

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Graeme Matthews has been professionally photographing the New Zealand landscape since 1983.

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Steph Matuku (Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Tama, Te Atiawa) is a freelance writer from Taranaki. She enjoys writing stories for young people, and her work has appeared on the page, stage and screen. Her first two novels, Flight of the Fantail and Whetū Toa and the Magician were Storylines Notable Books. Whetū Toa and the Magician was a finalist at the 2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. In 2021, she was awarded the established Māori writer residency at the Michael King Centre where she worked on a novel about post-apocalyptic climate change.