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Allan McDonald is a lecturer in photography at Unitec, Te Whare Wānanga o Wairaka. He works with an archive of images spanning more than 50 years from which he curates narratives of social history and place. These often appear as small publications, most recently Between the Silence and the Flame 2016, Carbon Empire, 2017 and The Holding 2020. Carbon Empire won the New Zealand Photobook of the Year Award. His work is included in the permanent collections of the Auckland Art Gallery, Te Papa and the Chartwell Collection. He is represented by the Anna Miles Gallery in Auckland

About the author Born in the Netherlands, Ton Buhrs graduated with a Drs in Political and Social Sciences from the University of Amsterdam. He moved to New Zealand in 1984 and completed a PhD in Environmental Policy and Politics with the Department of Political Studies at the University of Auckland. In 1991, he joined Lincoln University, where he was an Associate Professor in Environmental Policy and Politics until his retirement in 2014.

Terrence Bull has been a marketing and business consultant for over 35 years. He has built, from ground up, more than one global company and has helped thousands of businesses and businesspeople build their companies and achieve their business aspirations. Terrence has run seminars globally and been a global thought leader. He has published many articles and self-help tips for businesspeople over his career. His breakthrough theory of Doctrine Marketing (i.e., marketing centered on beliefs: Marketing=Perception) is now widely taught and accepted as core to modern day marketing practices. Likewise, his Blueprint for Business has become a standard for many businesses when self-diagnosing issues or growing their company. After the COVID-19 lock-down in 2020, many businesspeople reached out to Terrence for help. In order to rapidly solve his client’s primary issues and to make his business coaching services more accessible worldwide, he developed the Magic Beans program. He brought together all the material he had been teaching people over 35+ years as a business & marketing consultant, then created a way to turn people’s thinking and beliefs about business around in just 12 hours—through twelve 1-hour sessions. The Magic Beans program gives people the same thinking and beliefs that has enabled Terrence to grow global companies in a way that still frees him up to pursue his many other passions.

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Lance Burdett spent 22 years with New Zealand Police, where he worked as a crisis negotiator specialising in suicide intervention and in predicting violent behaviour. During that time, he also gained a Master's degree in terrorism, safety and security. He describes this work in his first book, Behind the Tape: life on the police frontline, published by Allen and Unwin in 2018. He remains New Zealand media's go-to person for comment on policing. Upon leaving the police, he established WARN International, a company which specializes in mental health, resilience, communication and wellness training. Through their workshops and course, the company seeks to inspire and motivate, providing participants with the skills to look after both themselves and each other; while improving organisational culture and assisting with personal growth. Recent clients include: WorkSafe, ACC, ANZ, IAG (State, NZI, AMI, etc.), BNZ, Ministry of Social Development, AA, Auckland Transport, NZTA, University of Auckland and AUT.

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