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After an extensive career in Asia, Dr Alistair Watts returned to his native New Zealand to study and write about his home country from an outsider's perspective. Using comprehensive archival and newspaper sources, he has re-investigated the origins of the New Zealand nation state from a fresh perspective that moves beyond the traditional bicultural view prevalent in the current New Zealand historiography. Dr Watts holds a PhD in history and qualifications in agricultural science and business. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Jessica-Rose Weaver is an author and artist from Aotearoa New Zealand. She is one of seven siblings and despite a somewhat dysfunctional upbringing she credits her family, especially her siblings, as a key part of who she is today. She writes fiction inspired by real life, exploring emotional truth and lived experiences. Her hope is that her stories allow readers to step into her characters shoes and feel something real in the process. She’s a solo mum who enjoys the simple things, a good laugh, a hot cuppa and the quiet moments in between life’s noise. Her quote to live by is: perhaps the place where survival ends and life begins in found within a dream.

David Weaver was born in India in 1930; his mother was a New Zealand Truby King (Karitane) nurse, his father a British army officer in the Indian Army. Weaver moved to New Zealand with his young family in 1976 and retired from commerce in 1995. As a retirement activity, he enrolled part-time at Victoria University in 2000, attaining a double BA degree in Classics and Asian studies, followed by a Masters degree in Asian Studies. He has had two research papers published by the Indian Anthropologist in New Delhi and one review paper published by SITES, a New Zealand anthropology and cultural studies journal. The Fallibility of Religion is his first book.