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Chris Thom is an Auckland architect who specialises in health design. He is a Principal at Chow:Hill Architects, where he has worked on hospitals and mental health units across New Zealand, including the Waipapa acute services building at Christchurch Hospital, a collaboration with Warren and Mahoney. Chris has previously worked on health projects at Klein Architects and AECOM, where he was involved in hospitals in Singapore, China and Vietnam. On graduating, he worked with City Design in Auckland, where his projects ranged in scale from the Aramaramara bridge in Mission Bay to the refurbishment of the atmospheric Civic Theatre, a joint venture with Jasmax. Prior to studying architecture, he was a structural engineer at Beca, where one of his first jobs as a graduate was working on the Stephenson & Turner-designed Starship Children's Hospital.
Peter Thomas, a former teacher at Hamilton's Hillcrest High School, wanted to see what his father, NRW Thomas and others played in the campaign. see: howtosaveaforest .com
Yvette Thomas was born in Los Angeles and has lived most of her life in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has a Master of Creative Writing from the University of Auckland (2023). In 2022 Thomas won the Caselberg International Poetry Prize for her poem ‘Not What You Wanted’, which featured in Landfall 244 (Spring 2022) and the anthology No Time To Lollygag (Caselberg Press 2023). Her short story ‘The Lost One’ was published in JAAM 19 (2003) and Pendulum (Wishbone Press, Australia, 2003). Thomas is also the winner of the Kendrick Smithyman Scholarship in Poetry 2023 and the Shimon Weinroth Prize in Poetry 2023.
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David St John Thomas was a British publisher who founded David & Charles and wrote over thirty books including For the Love of a Cat. David’s son, Gareth St John Thomas, is the founder of Exisle Publishing. He has written other adult and children’s books including Finding True Connections.
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Gareth St John Thomas, is the founder and CEO of Exisle Publishing, based in Australia and New Zealand. Gareth has written other adult and children’s books including Finding True Connections, Grandpa’s Noises and Cats Work Like This. He divides his time between the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Nathan James Thomas travelled for a decade before founding the digital magazine Intrepid Times, which has grown into a thriving global community. His own travel writing has been published in places like Lonely Planet, Roads and Kingdoms, Outpost Magazine, and New Zealand Memories. B.A. Van Sise is an author and photographic artist focused on the intersection between language and the visual image. He frequently undertakes public affairs projects for the United States Coast Guard, is an instructor for the U.S. Army Storytelling Workshop, and is a judge for the Army's Brumfield Mass Communications Competition.
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