Authors

Chris Nelson has been a forestry professional for over half a century. Like many in the profession, it has been a tremendously rewarding experience for him, despite the many changes and challenges the industry has undergone during that period.

Dr Wendy Nelson MNZM is currently a Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Auckland and Principal Scientist - Marine Biology at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research. She specialises in marine phycology, particularly the biosystematics of macroalgae of New Zealand, with research on floristics, evolution and phylogeny, as well as ecology, and life history studies. In 2016, she won the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi Hutton Medal, awarded for outstanding work by a researcher in New Zealand in the Earth, plant and animal sciences.

Bill Nelson's first book of poetry was Memorandum of Understanding (2016). His poems have appeared in Best New Zealand Poems, Sport, Landfall, Hue & Cry, Shenandoah, The Spinoff, Minarets and The 4th Floor, as well as in dance performances and art galleries and on posters. In 2009 he won the Biggs Family Prize in Poetry from the International Institute of Modern Letters, and he is a founding editor of Up Country: A Journal for the NZ Outdoors. He lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with his partner and two children, and his dog, Callimachus Bruce.

No biography

No biography

No biography

No biography

No biography

Catie Nettlingham is a young woman who grew up and currently lives in Havelock North. She has a direct family of six who all love spending time at the local beach. At eighteen she left home to study at university in the South Island. There, a long way home, she became unwell and developed a mental illness. She left behind that new beginning and returned home and into the arms of loved ones. The following years were all about recovery. She loves being creative, keeping close relationships with friends and family, helping others and being out in nature. Catie is currently enjoying a job supporting people with intellectual disabilities and plans to return to academic study in the future. She is passionate about writing, helping others and advocating for mental health. She believes everyone deserves to get through their hard times.