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Yvonne Mes (Author) Yvonne Mes is a children's author, illustrator and devourer of books. Her books include Meet Sidney Nolan (illustrated by Sandra Eterovic), Oliver's Grumbles (illustrated by Giuseppe Poli), Little Bilby's Aussie Easter Egg Hunt and Little Bilby's Aussie Bush Christmas (both illustrated by Jody Pratt) and Little Lamb's Great New Zealand Easter Egg Hunt (illustrated by Aleksandra Szmidt).

The science behind extreme weather events is explained in simple accessible terms by the scientists from MetService. And behind it all lies the big question - are these events a result of climate change? Well-known climatologist Professor James Renwick sets the scene of our changing climate and how that interacts with the wild weather that we experience here in Aotearoa.

Lawrie Metcalf was one of New Zealand's most highly regarded horticulturists and was awarded many national and international honours, including the Loder Cup and the Royal Society's Gold Veitch Memorial Medal for services to horticulture. He's the author of numerous books, including A Photographic Guide to Ferns, A Photographic Guide to Alpine Plants, as well as Know your New Zealand Trees and Know your New Zealand Native Plants.    

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Hannah Mettner is a Wellington-based poet from Gisborne. Her first collection, Fully Clothed and So Forgetful, won the 2018 Jessie Mackay Best First Book Award for Poetry. Her poems have appeared widely in literary journals, including Sport, Turbine and Cordite. In 2014, with Morgan Bach and Sugar Magnolia Wilson, she co-founded the online poetry journal Sweet Mammalian.

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