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ANDREW PAUL WOOD is an independent art and cultural historian, critic, culture journalist, and translator based in Otautahi Christchurch. He writes for prominent publications in Aotearoa New Zealand and elsewhere on art, architecture, design, travel, history and literature, and is involved in cultural initiatives around the country. His expertise ranges from the artist Theo Schoon to the history of the pavlova. He is arts editor for takahe magazine.

Pamela Wood is a retired academic, registered nurse and independent historian. She taught in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programmes and postgraduate health programmes for 30 years and is the author of Dirt: Filth and decay in a New World Arcadia.

Bestselling author Emma Wood has always loved a good story!

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Paul Wood is a doctor of psychology, motivational speaker, leadership and development specialist, media personality, husband and father. His area of expertise is in helping people pursue their potential while developing the mental toughness and resilience necessary to flourish through adversity. At 18 Paul was in prison and his life was completely off the rails. Paul uses his journey from delinquent to doctor to illustrate the process of transformational change and how we can strive to be the best version of ourselves possible.

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In 1993, KEITH WOODLEY became the full-time manager of the Pūkorokoro Miranda Shorebird Centre, on the western coast of the Firth of Thames, and has been there ever since. In that time, he has hosted thousands of people at the Centre, given hundreds of talks on coastal ecology and shorebird migration, and had a box seat as the fabulous story of godwits and their epic migrations has unfolded. Woodley has fostered an intense knowledge of the shorebird migration flyway, visiting key sites in Australia, Alaska, China, North Korea and South Korea. In 2022, he was made a member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to shorebird conservation. Woodley is the author of two previous books: Godwits: Long-haul Champions (2009) and Shorebirds of New Zealand: Sharing the Margins (2012).

Anna Woods is an award-winning writer from Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, whose short fiction has been published in a range of journals and anthologies. The

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