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Having trained at art schools in London, Eileen Mayo came to Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 1960s. An artist of great skill and observation, with a deep love of nature, she produced paintings, wood engravings, linocuts, lithographs, book illustrations, stamp designs and more. Mayo taught at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury, and exhibited widely throughout the country. Her work is held in major collections in New Zealand and around the world.

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Sonia Mazey is professor of public policy at the University of Canterbury and former pro-vice chancellor of its College of Business and Law. Her research interests include European comparative politics, European integration and the European Union policy process, and she has published extensively in these fields. Jeremy Richardson is an emeritus fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford, and an adjunct professor at the University of Canterbury. He is the founding editor of the 'Journal of European Public Policy', which he continues to co-edit. He has published widely on the UK policy process, Swedish policy-making and administration, the policy processes of the European Union and comparative policy styles.

Fran Mazza grew up in an Italian family and travelled back and forth to Italy as a child. Her Italian father taught her to cook, and her Australian mother taught her how to manage money, and what food would be popular 'down under'. But a larger Italian sensibility has been important to Fran - the idea that food binds the family, and that family is more than just people living in the same house. It's the neighbourhood, the community. In her father's town, cafes were places to meet your neighbours and places for your neighbours to meet you. She and her husband and business partner Aaron have tried to make that a part of each cafe they have opened. Fran says "We wanted to introduce more than just good food to our neighbourhood. We wanted people to feel like they were part of a neighbourhood."

Suzi McAlpine is an international speaker, author of award-winning blog The Leaders Digest, and creator of The Leaders Map, an online leadership program for organisations wanting to better equip their emerging leaders. As a leadership development specialist, Suzi writes, coaches and speaks about accomplished leadership. She also specialises in recognising and addressing burnout in organisations, following her own experience and the front-row seat she's had in her role as an executive coach. With a BBS in Management (first class honours), Suzi's career has spanned a variety of industries and positions, culminating in her leading the New Zealand Practice of a division of the world's largest HR consultancy and executive search firm, before moving into the executive coaching world. Suzi has worked alongside CEOs and executive teams in many guises - industry bodies, law and medical groups, corporates, and chambers of commerce. Suzi is passionate about helping leaders to create environments in which people, as well as profits, thrive. She is married with three children and lives in Nelson, New Zealand.

Wellington writer Rachel McAlpine blogs and podcasts about living and ageing and is celebrating her 80th birthday with a book of poems. How to Be Old is an explosion of humanity on the page, some practical tips from the author and sage advice from Elsie aged five. Rachel has also written novels, songs and plays, and books about writing. Her website is writeintolife.com.

Juliet McAra lives in Canterbury. She has spent many years life-drawing with a special interest in portraiture after studying photography at Ilam School of Fine Arts. She has taught art to children and adults in Continuing Education, and now works in a community library.

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Trish McBride spent more than 25 years as a lay chaplain in workplaces, a hospice and a mental health context, and is a retired counsellor and spiritual director. Formal studies included an MA (Hons) in Classics, Diploma in Pastoral Ministry, and recognition as an Associate in Christian Ministry (interdenominational). Her articles and academic papers have appeared in several periodicals in Aotearoa NZ and elsewhere. She was awarded third prize in The (London) Tablet's international John Harriott religious journalism competition in 1993, and contributed chapters to five Catholic-based New Zealand theology books by Accent Publications between 2008 and 2016. These writings have been gathered and supplemented to be the basis of what has now become an accidental trilogy, recording her spiritual journey for most of the last 70 years. Faith Evolving (2005) covered 30 years from the 1970s. Exploring the Presence went backwards, forwards and very widely. And now A Love Quilt covers the last decade. She is passionate about Social Justice, the well-being and stories of women and other marginalised people. She enjoys family, nurturing her friendships, reading, swimming, and walking, as well making quilts, three of which have appeared on the covers of her books.