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Te Ataakura Pewhairangi, Ngati Porou, was brought up in te ao Maori, and her home language was and still is te reo Maori. A product of kohanga reo, kura kaupapa Maori and wharekura, she not only loves her language but also understands the responsibility as a fluent native speaker and writer to further promote te reo Maori. She has worked extensively in television, and has MC'd various regional and national events such as the secondary schools kapa haka competition, Hauora Unleashed and Manu Korero national speech competition. A former senior tutor teaching te reo Maori and cultural competency at Massey University, she is now the Maori Student Recruitment Advisor at the university.

Eric Goodman, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, author, and speaker who specialises in helping people face their social fears and anxiety disorders. In addition to his private practice in San Luis Obispoand he is a lecturer at Cal Pol State University.

James N. Donald, PhD is a senior lecturer, an active researcher and a media commentator on issues of workplace wellbeing and leadership. Craig S. Hassed, OAM is an internationally recognised expert in mindfulness who has published and presented extensively on mind-body medicine and mindfulness.

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Philip's is one of Britain's best-known map, atlas and reference book publishers, with long-established market leaders such as the classic Philip's Modern School Atlas. Philip's products are created entirely from electronic databases and are continually updated to incorporate new information and real-world changes.

Philip's is one of Britain's best-known map, atlas and reference book publishers, with long-established market leaders such as the classic Philip's Modern School Atlas. Philip's products are created entirely from electronic databases and are continually updated to incorporate new information and real-world changes.

Originally from Paris, Nathalie Philippe has lived in New Zealand for the last thirty years. She has a doctorate from the Sorbonne University. She was the BNZ River of Time 1998 Historian-in-Residence and lived in Hamilton's oldest surviving building Beale Cottage for a year. She researched and curated the Waikato Museum of Art and History exhibition All Quiet on the Western Front? about New Zealand's involvement in the First World War. She works as a senior lecturer in French at the University of Waikato and teaches cultural studies, language and translation methodology. She has organised two conferences on France and New Zealand during the First World War. These were held in 2008 and 2018 in Le Quesnoy, the town liberated on 4 November 1918 by New Zealand soldiers. She has recently worked as a historical consultant on the permanent exhibition designed by Weta Workshop for the New Zealand Memorial Museum in Le Quesnoy.

William John (W.J.) Phillipps was born in Oamaru in 1893. In 1915, he joined the staff of the Dominion Museum (now Te Papa Tongarewa), Wellington, where he worked as an ethnologist, ichthyologist, ornithologist and scientific illustrator. During a career that spanned five decades, he published some 200 scientific papers and authored several books in the fields of zoology and anthropology. He passed away in 1967.