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Ruby Solly (Kāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe) is a writer, musician and taonga pūoro practitioner living in Pōneke. Her first book, Tōku Pāpā, was published in 2021 and longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. She has had poetry published in Aotearoa, Australia, America and Antarctica. In 2020 she released her debut album, Pōneke, and in 2021, Bird Like Men, as part of the group Tararua. She is currently completing a PhD in public health, focusing on the use of taonga pūoro in hauora Māori.

Ruby Solly

Ruby Solly (Kai Tahu, Waitaha, Kati Mamoe) is a writer, musician, and taonga puoro practitioner living in Poneke. She has been published in journals such as Landfall, Starling, and Sport, among others. In 2020 she released her debut album, Poneke, which looks at the soundscapes of Wellington's past, present, and future through the use of taonga puoro, cello, and environmental sounds. She is currently completing a PhD in public health, focusing on the use of taonga puoro in hauora Maori. Toku Papa is her first book.

Sir Mark Wiremu Solomon KNZM (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kurī) served as kaiwhakahaere of Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, the tribal council of Ngāi Tahu, for approximately 18 years, from 1998 until 2016. Founder of the Iwi Chairs Forum, he stepped down as deputy chair of the Canterbury District Health Board in late 2020. Mark Revington is a freelance journalist who has worked for many leading publications including National Business Review, the Listener and Unlimited. His awards include Westpac Financial Journalist of the Year and business magazine editor of the year. He spent six or so years working for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and he holds a post doctoral diploma in entrepreneurship from the University of Otago.

Author Jennifer Somervell is the author of the award-winning Tales From the Farm picture book series, based on her childhood adventures growing up on a New Zealand farm in the 1970s. Her six books have all won first place awards in the Purple Dragonfly Book Awards for excellence in children's literature. Illustrator Zerika Van Jaarsveld cut her artistic teeth drawing on the walls of her grandmother's family home in Namibia.. 'A Baa-rilliant Adventure' is Zerika's fourth book. She lives in Otautau, Southland with her husband and two children. Photo courtesy of Read NZ.

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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.