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Hana Tapiata (Te Arawa, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Waikato, Pākehā) is a māmā living by Māori philosophies to explore wellness, self-determination and liberation. She freelances in communication and has self-published two books exploring ancestral Māori concepts and systems and their applications in modern life.

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Paora/Paul Tapsell is a local tribal member of the Arawa people of the Bay of Plenty. He was raised on the ancestral gardens of his grandparents, named Te Whatitiripataihi (the spine tingling thunderclap signalling time for autumn/fall harvest). Paul Tapsell is Professor of Indigenous Studies at University of Melbourne. His recent work includes a digital web service, designed to assist urban-raised Maori youth reconnect to their ancestral communities (www.maorimaps.com).

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K. M TARRANT was born in Temuka, a quiet, friendly little town, in the South Island of New Zealand. From a very young age, she loved to write. As she grew to adulthood, she continued writing but apart from a few memorial pieces for friends who had lost loved ones, she kept her ‘scribbles’ to herself. Tarrant often recited ‘made up stories’ to her three children at bedtime as they preferred those to the books on their shelves. In 2004, Tarrant, her husband, their children and three cats, moved to Lower Hutt where they lived for several years before moving even further north to the North Shore of Auckland. Once there, Tarrant began looking for work, and an inspired suggestion during a phone call with a dear friend and neighbour in Lower Hutt, the wonderful Helen Whatman (sadly now deceased), pointed Tarrant toward a career in funeral service and in 2012 she qualified as an embalmer. ‘Life and Death in Birkenhead’ is her first novel. It borrows from her years as an embalmer and blends two other interests – crime and figuring out what makes people tick.