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Marco Sonzogni is a cultural activist based in Wellington, New Zealand. From 1993 to 2004 he lived in Dublin, Ireland, and read every word written by James Joyce.

Barry Soper is one of New Zealand's most experienced and recognisable political journalists. Over a career spanning more than five decades, he has reported from Parliament for radio, television, and print, becoming a trusted voice on the country's political landscape. Based in the Parliamentary Press Gallery since the 1980s, Soper has covered every New Zealand prime minister from Robert Muldoon to Christopher Luxon, earning a reputation for his sharp questioning, wit, and deep institutional knowledge of Wellington politics. Soper is Newstalk ZB's senior political correspondent, and lives in Auckland.

Paul Sorrell took up photography in the early 2000s, giving him a new form of creative engagement with his longstanding interest in wildlife and the natural world. His images have featured on a range of platforms, from international wildlife photography competitions to Tourism New Zealand’s website.

M. P. K. Sorrenson (Pukenga, Wairaka and Toroa of Mataatua) began as a junior lecturer in the University of Auckland history department in 1958 and completed a DPhil at Oxford and further research in East Africa, before returning to Auckland in 1964. He taught at the University for the next 31 years. His other publications include Ko te Whenua te Utu: Land is the Price: Essays on Maori History, Land and Politics (AUP 2014) and Na To Hoa Aroha: From Your Dear Friend: The Correspondence Between Sir Apirana Ngata and Sir Peter Buck, three volumes (1986-1988). Sorrenson was president of CARE in the 1970s, sat on the council of the NZ Historic Places Trust for a decade and was a leading member of the Waitangi Tribunal for 25 years.

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Valetta Sowka is a journalist and author who lives with her husband and two children in Tasman, New Zealand, where they operate their family business Matariki Mushrooms. Originally having studied film-making, she honed the interviewing skills she now uses for journalism. Family of Forest & Fungi is her first book.