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Jared Savage is an investigative reporter for the New Zealand Herald who has won more than a dozen journalism national and international journalism awards, including twice being named as the best reporter in the country. He lives in Tauranga with his wife and two young children.

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Born in London, Nic Scanlan-Dyas trained at East 15 Drama School in Essex and spent his twenties appearing on the British stage and screen, including series such as The Bill and the New Zealand authored play, Ladies Night. He later retrained in computing, worked for a US based software company, and then moved into banking in New York and London. Making him perhaps the only author working today who has been both a stripper and a director at a Wall Street bank. Finally, trailing his New Zealand-born wife and her corporate lawyer career, he moved to Tokyo, where they lived with their two daughters for 15 years. Whilst in Tokyo, he wrote and recorded an album, It's Not About You, and several singles with the band 1Eyedman. He now lives in Auckland and still performs in community theatre.

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French-trained pastry chef who has spent the last 11 years mastering her craft in some of the world's top kitchens, including Gateaux Thoumieux in Paris, The Fat Duck and Sketch in London and Logan Brown in Wellington. Founded Sugar Flour Pastry School in Wellington in 2019. She is based in Wellington, New Zealand.

Robert Owen has been a beekeeper for over 20 years. He completed his PhD on Varroa in 2022. Robert has advised beekeepers in Nigeria, Benin, Lebanon, Nepal, and Bangladesh for USAID. He authored The Australian Beekeeping Manual and regularly contributes to specialist beekeeping magazines. Robert has extensive first-hand knowledge of honey bee pathogens from many countries. Jean-Pierre Scheerlinck is an Honorary Professor in Animal Biotechnology at University of Melbourne and an avid beekeeper. Mark Stevenson is Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology at the University of Melbourne, with expertise in the area of infectious disease epidemiology, spatial epidemiology, and simulation modelling of infectious disease spread. 

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