Authors

Belinda Robinson grew up in Wellington, New Zealand, and gained a MA(Hons) in English Literature from Victoria University/Te Herenga Waka. She has had a lengthy career in marketing communications as a copy/content writer, creative director, brand manager and web content manager, most recently at the University of Auckland. Belinda is also her father Bruce Mason's literary executor. She lives on Waiheke Island, Auckland, with her husband Steve.

Dr. John Robinson is a scientist with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has published several books on the history of New Zealand - Dividing a Nation, When Two Cultures Meet, The Kingite Rebellion, He Puapua; Blueprint For Breaking Up New Zealand, and others.

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Stephen Robinson studied Asian history and politics at the University of Western Sydney, graduating with First Class Honours. He has worked at the Department of Veterans' Affairs researching British atomic weapons tests and as a policy officer in the Department of Defence. Stephen has graduated from Australian Command and Staff College, worked as an officer in the Australian Army Reserve and has served as an instructor at the Royal Military College.

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Nigel Robson is a senior historian at the Office of Maori Crown Relations Te Arawhiti. He has contributed articles to journals, including 'A Warrior Chief: Tuta Nihoniho, Porourangi and Maori in the Second Boer War 1899-1902', The Volunteers: The Journal of the New Zealand Military Historical Society (2012), and presented conference papers, including 'Chinaman and trooper', a paper examining the impact of the South African War on New Zealand's Chinese community and 'What a Trophy for one Christian to loot from another!', a paper which examined the looting of religious items by New Zealand soldiers in South Africa during the South African War. This is his first book.

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Born in Wellington in 1961, Lauren Roche has spent the last 59 years moving steadily northwards. She now lives in Tutukaka with a view of the sea and a writing room surrounded by native trees. She briefly attended Wellington High School and Epsom Girls’ Grammar schools, then – after finally growing up – returned to education via Victoria University and the University of Otago School of Medicine. Lauren is the author of two previously published best-selling memoirs, Bent not Broken and Life on the Line. She overcame childhood trauma, working as a stripper and prostitute before turning her life around. She graduated as a medical doctor in 1991. Lauren has completed Ironman New Zealand twice, and in 2019 was a recipient of the Zonta New Zealand Woman of Achievement award. In late 2018, after suffering the effects of a spinal cord injury, Lauren retired from general practice and began writing full time. She completed a Diploma in Advanced Writing through NorthTec in 2019 and a Master of Creative Writing in 2020 through AUT.

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Ian Rockel lives in Devonport. This is his fifth collection of poems.

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