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Gavin Conroy started photographing WWI aircraft in 2005 after reading about the heroic pilots who flew them. He began photographing them from the ground before moving to air-to-air photography in 2006. Since that time, he has completed over 80 flights and around 40 hours of flying time in WWI aircraft. Alongside this work Gavin has flown around 700 photo flights covering aircraft from around the world and has amassed more than 220 magazine cover shots. He is the General Manager of the Classic Fighters Airshow held at Omaka in Marlborough, while the rest of his time is taken up with photographic work. Gavin has published two previous books featuring his aviation photography, 'Precious Metal' and 'Fighters and Bombers', both published by Potton and Burton.

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David Conway, aka 'Dr DC' is the pen name of a should-be-retired consulting engineer living in Auckland. In December 2022, he set himself a New Year's challenge: to write a 'Ditty a Day' inspired by items in the New Zealand Herald. Prompted by cartoonist Rod Emmerson's daily output, Conway turns a selected news item into a playful poem capturing the humour and quirks of life in Aotearoa - and beyond. He produced just over a hundred ditties in 2023 before Covid paused the project, but later, reviewing his verses, he found they formed a lively record of the year's events. Realising their charm and topical wit, he decided to gather them into a book for others to enjoy.

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Gavin and Helen Cook run Country Retreat Animal Sanctuary in Warkworth, New Zealand, where they rescue animals in trouble, with a focus on pregnant dogs and puppies.They are the stars of TVNZ's popular television series, The Dog House New Zealand.

Frances Cook is a reformed money mess, currently managing podcasts for the New Zealand Herald, Newstalk ZB, and RadioSport. She is best known for hosting the personal finance podcast 'Cooking the Books', one of New Zealand's top podcasts. Gaining a Master's in Media Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, Frances went on to work as a journalist, first at RadioLive then NewstalkZB, before moving to cover politics for ZB. She more recently made the switch to work at the Herald, first as a senior multimedia journalist, and now in her podcast role. As well as hosting 'Cooking the Books', Frances also hosts 'The Front Page', which goes behind the scenes of the biggest investigations out of the Herald newsroom. She is the executive producer of podcasts 'Speaking Secrets' and 'Trip Notes', with others in the pipeline. She is a regular commentator for Newstalk ZB radio shows, particularly on politics and personal finance matters.

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David Cook is a photographer and lecturer based at Massey University, Wellington. His published photobooks deal with communities in transition. Lake of Coal: The Disappearance of a Mining Township was a finalist of the 2007 Montana NZ Book Awards. Meet Me in the Square (2014) reconstructs the city of Christchurch through images he made in the central city during the 1980s. River Road: Journeys Through Ecology (Cook, Puke, Valentine 2011) explores the landscape through a bicultural lens. DipFA (University of Canterbury) BSc (University of Canterbury) MFA (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)

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