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These stories were written by members of the South Waikato Pacific Island Community Services group. Edited by Vaughan Rapatahana. Vaughan (Te Atiawa) commutes between homes in Hong Kong, Philippines, and Aotearoa. He is widely published in both his main languages, te reo Maori and English. His work has been translated into Bahasa Malaysia, Italian, French, Mandarin, Romanian and Spanish.

Rascal is a leading Belgian illustrator and author of children’s books. Enrolled by his parents in art school at the age of 12, he has since published over 100 children’s books and received international awards.

Rascal is a leading Belgian illustrator and author of children’s books. Enrolled by his parents in art school at the age of 12, he has since published over 100 children’s books and received international awards.

Max Rashbrooke is a Wellington-based writer and public intellectual. His books, led by the best-selling 'Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis' (new edition 2018), have helped transform national understanding of income and wealth disparities. Rashbrooke's journalism has appeared in major outlets worldwide, including The Guardian, the Economist Group and the New Zealand Herald. He was the 2020 J.D. Stout Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington, and is a research associate of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies. His TED.com talk on renewing democracy has had over 1 million views.

Poems by Rata Gordon have appeared in Best New Zealand Poems, The Spinoff, Sport, Landfall, JAAM, Poetry NZ Yearbook, Geometry, Sweet Mammalian, 4th Floor and elsewhere. She works in arts and mental health.

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Vicki Ravlich-Horan Vicki is the owner and editor of Nourish magazine. She lives in Hamilton with her husband Andrew and eight-year-old daughter Zoe. Before starting Nourish magazine, Vicki owned a successful café and catering business, which she established after returning from her OE. If she’s not thinking, talking, making or eating food, Vicki’s an avid traveller, where she gets to eat, think, talk and learn about food in another country. Harriet Boucher Harriet joined the Nourish team just over two years ago. A trained chef, Harriet says, “At the age of sixteen I thought it was my destiny to own a food truck and at seventeen, I got my first job as a cook at a local café. It’s safe to say, the food truck idea never came to fruition, but my passion for cooking took off.” Having worked at a number of eateries in Hamilton, Harriet relished the opportunity to join the Nourish team and hone her passion for creating everyday meals that the whole family will love.

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Peter Rawnsley is a retired public servant living in Porirua, New Zealand. Stones and Kisses is his second collection of poems, following Light Cones (Mākaro Press, 2018).

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