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Jane Catherine Severn is a Psychotherapist, Educator and Writer, based in Christchurch. Over 45 years she has researched and developed an original and comprehensive body of knowledge about women's hormonal design and development. As founder and facilitator of Luna House, she teaches a radically new and empowering approach to Menarche, Menstrual Cycles, Menopause and Mature Life via workshops, seminars and courses available nationwide and internationally. She also offers therapeutic consultations in her pioneering modality, Femenome Therapy, and is writing a series of books detailing her discoveries.

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Bariz Shah arrived in New Zealand from Pakistan in 2001 after his family were forced to leave war-torn Afghanistan in the 1980s. He went on to complete an engineering degree from the University of Canterbury and became the president of the UC Muslim Students Association. After the March 2019 attacks in Christchurch, Bariz and his wife, Saba, fundraised $20,000 and travelled to Afghanistan to support fifty-one microbusinesses in Kabul and Jalalabad as a tribute to those who were matryred. He was awarded the Christchurch Civic Award for his efforts. Bariz is a qualified engineer and father to Zawrez and Aalam. He is an active Muslim community advocate and is passionate about second chances and servant leadership.

Te Kaitito / Playwright He kaitito whakaari, he kaitito toikupu, he kaiwhakaari a William Shakespeare (1564–1616). Ko ia te kaituhi kawenga nui katoa ki te reo Ingarihi, tata ana te whakawhitihia o ana whakaari ki ngā reo katoa me te kaha ake i ētahi atu kaitito whakaari te whakaaritia ki te kura, ki te atamira. Nō ngā tau 1590 i tuhia ai e Hakipia a Rōmeo rāua ko Hurieta, mai i taua wā taka mai ki nāianei, kua tino kaha te whakaaritia. ________ William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was a playwright, poet and actor. He is considered the most influential writer in the English language: his plays have been translated into almost every language and are performed in schools and theatres more often than any other playwright. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in the 1590s and, from that time to today, it has been one of his most frequently performed plays. Te Kaiwhakamāori / Translator I whānau mai a Te Haumihiata Mason (Tūhoe, Ngāti Pango, Te Arawa) ki ngā pāpāringa o Tauranga Moana, ka whakatipuhia ki te whārua o Ruatoki i roto o Tūhoe. Ko te reo Māori te reo o te hapori katoa i tōna tamarikitanga, i pono ai tōna ngākau ki te reo Māori. He wā hoki tērā i ora ai te whārua i ōna whenua, i ōna ngahere me ōna awa, me te aha, whakatōkia ana ki roto ki a Te Haumihiata te aroha ki te reo, ki ngā tini a Tāne, a Tangaroa, me te hiahia tonu ki te whakatipu i ngā momo mea katoa. Ka whakahaungia e Tīmoti Kāretu kia haere ia ki te whare wānanga i ōna tau 30, nāwai ā, ka noho ia hei kaiako i te Tari Māori o Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. Nō muri ka haere ia ki Te Taura Whiri, ka noho hei Kaitiaki Reo mō te motu. Ko tana pukapuka o nā tata nei, Te Rātaka a Tētahi Kōhine, tana whakamāoritanga o te Diary of a Young Girl a Anne Frank, i tohaina ki ngā kura o Aotearoa i te 2019.

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Miriam Sharland is a writer and editor focusing on creative non-fiction, travel, biography/memoir and natural history. Based in England and Aotearoa New Zealand, her essays, reviews and features have appeared in numerous books, journals, magazines and newspapers, and online. These include Reader's Digest (UK), Dark Mountain (UK), The Dominion Post, Headland and Adventure Travel. In 2021 she was awarded a writing grant from the Earle Creativity Trust and in 2022 she was runner-up in the New Zealand Society of Authors Central Districts summer essay competition. Heart Stood Still is her first book.

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