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Nafanuatele Lafitaga Mafaufau draws from her 20 plus years of secondary school teaching experience of Samoan language. She has undertaken a range of roles specifically for Samoan as an NCEA subject. These range from National Moderator, Examiner, Exam marker, Professional development facilitator as well as delivering cultural competency workshops, translator and resource developer. Her knowledge of language and culture also landed her a debut acting role as the mother in the movie, "Hibiscus and Ruthless." Michel Mulipola is an award winning Sāmoan comic book artist who has illustrated works for the WWE, Marvel Comics, 2K Games Australia & New Zealand, NZ School Journals, and more. As well as an illustrator, Michel is also a professional wrestler and former NZ Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion. He is a huge advocate for reading proudly representing Duffy Books in Homes as a Role Model and a member of the Read NZ Writers in Schools programme.

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Brian Mulligan qualified as a physiotherapist in 1954 and gained his Diploma in Manipulative Therapy in 1974. His list of honours is extensive. In 1996 he was made an Honorary Fellow of The New Zealand Society of Physiotherapists for his contribution to physiotherapy. He was made a life member of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association in 1988 and in 1998 he was made a life member of the New Zealand College of Physiotherapy. In 2003 he was made an honorary teaching fellow of the School of Physiotherapy, University of Otago and a year later he was made a fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy. In 2007 The World Confederation for Physical Therapy presented him with an International Service Award for his exceptional contribution to Physical Therapy. He also received the prestigious Maitland Award from I.F.O.M.P.T. in Glasgow in 2016, for his manual therapy contributions; in the field of manual therapy, he could not have received a higher international honour. Brian has been involved in the teaching of manual therapy in New Zealand since 1970 and internationally since 1972; his courses have always proved popular. To meet the huge demand from therapists wishing to learn his new concepts and to ensure high educational standards in perpetuity, he set up an international organisation in 1995 to accredit teachers, the Mulligan Concept Teachers Association (MCTA). Participants on courses conducted by those accredited are assured of a high quality of teaching standard. His teachers are listed on his web page www.bmulligan.com. Brian Mulligan has been the author of numerous articles that have appeared in issues of the New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy and overseas publications. Along with ‘Manual Therapy “NAGS”, “SNAGS”, “MWMS” etc.’ (which is now in its seventh edition), he published ‘Self Treatment for the Back, Neck and Limbs’ in 2003. This was written for the public and its fourth edition has since been published in 2022.

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Erin Munro is a content and copywriter by day and can be found working from a local cafe, or her home while the family is out. Working with words keeps her imagination running wild, and she now carries around a notebook to keep track of fun words she comes across - the current favourite is dandelion.

Author, Ian Munro, is a retired educator (secondary and tertiary levels). He is a published author who has written a weekly column for the Otago Daily Times since 1999. This Dog - Ko Tenei Kuri is his first foray into writing for young children. Illustrator, Rebecca Utting, is a User Experience designer (UX designer) and digital illustrator with a background in animation, learning design, voice acting, web development, videography, and carnival sideshows. This Dog - Ko Tenei Kuri is her first children's picture book. Translator (Maori), Piripi Walker (Ngati Raukawa) is a Victoria University graduate and Director of Language Studies at Te Wananga o Raukawa. He translates for health and educational groups, Maori and non-Maori organisations, and has translated a range of children's books, including Margaret Mahy's He Raiona i roto i nga Otaota - A Lion in the Meadow.

About the author Marie Munro is a former primary school teacher who has been writing professionally for nearly 40 years - as a journalist, desktop publisher, editor of community newspapers, learning designer for the construction industry and more recently, as the author/publisher of bilingual picture books She is passionate about getting children to engage with, and thoroughly enjoy, books, so has chosen to fill her retirement days turning the invisible Magic Story Book of her classroom years into visible storybooks for the enjoyment of children and the people who share books with them.

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