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Stacey Smith is a mum of three young children, who along with her husband and brother, escaped the flood waters by getting onto their shed roof. Having worked in the social work sector for 14 years Stacey understands the impacts of trauma, and wanted to create a resource that parents could use to help support their own children in learning to cope with tough times. The Lucky Little Pig is also a way to give back to the community. 1000 books will be gifted to children affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and proceeds from the book will go to community organisations that support children's wellbeing.Deborah Hinde is an award-winning illustrator based in rural Waikato. She works full-time as an illustrator and loves bringing children's picture book stories to life. The costs of publishing 'The Lucky Little Pig' has been generously funded by Inner Wheel NZ, Te Kupenga Hauora - Ahuriri, and the Napier and Hastings Mayoral Funds.

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Miriam Smith 1926-1987 (Ngati Hau, Ngapuhi) was a writer and preschool adviser who was born in Whakapara, Bay of Islands, and raised and educated in Otane, Hawke's Bay. She wrote several children's books including Kimi and the Watermelon, Annie and Moon, and Rehutai and Tangitangi. She was an advocate for teaching te reo Maori to all children, and her books reflect Maori values of caring for each other and the land. Described by her daughter Briar Grace Smith as having a "big heart", Miriam's manaaki and love for storytelling lives on in the pages of her books. Lesley Moyes is the author and illustrator of a number of children's books produced between 1980 and 1997 and is notable for her intricate and delicately coloured watercolour and ink illustrations. Alphabet Apartments (1997), which she both wrote and illustrated, is a super-sized alphabet book that entranced children with its highly detailed scenes of police chasing a robber from apartment building to apartment building. She illustrated Miriam Smith's Annie and Moon (1998), which won the Picture Book of the Year Award 1989, as well as a number of educational readers. Lesley lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Samantha Smith is a lover of all things green and hopes to inspire young eco warriors with this, her first picture book. Melissa Johns is an artist, illustrator, an avid upcycler and a closet poet. She is passionate about stimulating young minds through art and literature.

Dr Greg Smith is a psychologist who combines an interest in empowering styles of psychotherapy with a passion for yoga, meditation and mind–body awareness. 

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Bevan Smith’s life has always revolved around food since his childhood growing up on a Northland dairy farm. Surrounded by citrus orchards, mum’s lush vegetable gardens and his favourite feijoa hedges. Smoked snapper heads at school, netting for flounder with his dad and boiling up pipis from the beach all helped shape a young, hungry boy’s mind. A move south at age ten revealed a very different food experience. Braided rivers with sea-run salmon, trout and long, slippery eels. Stone fruit, berry farms and tussock covered hills, speckled with wallabies, rabbits and deer. A hunting and fishing paradise. Inspired by his cousin, Bevan began his professional culinary journey by leaving home to train in Christchurch, and went on to cook in prestigious restaurants in London and Brisbane. He finally returned home to the Waitaki plains in 2006 to establish the now famous Riverstone Kitchen. Numerous awards later, Riverstone is beloved for its approach to seasonal food, simply prepared, from the stunning gardens that surround the restaurant. Bevan is the author of three previous cookbooks and a father of two. He continues to cook, travel, teach and inspire others who share his love of ethically produced food and the notion that all people can, and should, eat well.

Dr Greg Smith is a psychologist who combines an interest in empowering styles of psychotherapy with a passion for yoga, meditation and mind–body awareness.