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Neil Wagner was born in South Africa and has become one of New Zealand's finest Test cricketers - his 260 wickets have him 5th on the all-time charts. He is well known and loved for his passion and commitment, and his unique style that helped the Black Caps to the World Test Championship title and their best ever decade.

Dorothy Waide is a Karitane Mothercraft nurse based in Auckland and one of New Zealand’s most sought-after baby sleep consultants. In 2015 Dorothy wrote her book You Simply Can’t Spoil a Newborn which became a bestseller. Dorothy has written articles for OHbaby!, Little Treasures, Porse, and currently blogs for ecostore and Sleepytot. Over the past 7 years Dorothy has featured on Seven Sharp, Breakfast, Good Morning TVNZ and helped Jenny-May Coffin with her twins on Whanau Living. Dorothy has also featured in Next, New Idea, Kiwi Parent Magazine, Porse Magazine, Australian Women’s Weekly, NZ Herald, Stuff and regional newspapers and had radio appearances on The Hits, More FM, Newstalk ZB nationwide and other regional radio stations throughout the country.

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Julia Waite is curator, New Zealand art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Her research interests are focused on the development of modern art in New Zealand and global modernisms. She co-curated Gordon Walters: New Vision (2018) and Louise Henderson: From Life (2019), both of which toured New Zealand and have associated publications that she contributed to and co-edited. Her most recent large-scale exhibition, Bill Culbert | Slow Wonder (2021), included works never before presented in Aotearoa New Zealand and is accompanied by a catalogue. Waite is an arts commentator on Radio New Zealand, regularly contributes to publications, and is studying for a PhD in Art History at the University of Auckland.

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