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Dr. Margot Darragh obtained her PhD in health psychology ten years ago, after a longtime interest in both health and psychology.

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Bob Darroch (Author) Bob Darroch has been drawing cartoons for most of his life. His work has appeared on toys, jigsaws, souvenirs and postcards and in newspapers and magazines worldwide. He started writing and illustrating his own books for children in 1999. In 2001, the first of the popular Little Kiwi stories was published. Little Kiwi is Scared of the Dark has since been awarded the Storylines Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-loved Book. Bob has illustrated books for other authors, including for his wife, Ruth. Bob and Ruth live in Temuka, South Canterbury. Stacey Morrison (Translator) Stacey Morrison (Te Arawa, Ngai Tahu) is a radio and TV broadcaster whose projects have spanned 25 years. She is also a mama to three young tamariki who have been brought up with te reo Maori as their mother tongue. Stacey herself didn't learn to speak Maori until she was an adult. It required a lot of research, determination, wonderful mentors and the support of a community to achieve her goal of becoming fluent by the time her children were born. Stacey and her husband Scotty co-wrote Maori at Home to help other families use te reo in everyday settings, and Stacey's book for children, My First Words in Maori illustrated by Ali Teo, was a number one bestseller. As a winner of Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Maori Champion Award in 2016 and a graduate of Te Panekiretanga o te Reo (the Institute of Excellence in Maori Language), Stacey loves encouraging the learning and use of our country's beautiful native language.

Ash Davida Jane's poetry has appeared in Mimicry, Sweet Mammalian, Starling, The Spinoff, and elsewhere. Her first book, Every Dark Waning, was published in 2016 by UK indie publisher Platypus Press. She lives in Wellington, where she works as a bookseller.

Poet, essayist and fiction writer Lynn Davidson grew up in Pukerua Bay, Wellington. She is the author of four collections of poetry, most recently Islander (Te Herenga Waka University Press and Shearsman), a novel, essays and short stories. Lynn had a Hawthornden Fellowship in 2013 and a Bothy Project Residency in the Cairngorms in 2016. She won the Poetry New Zealand Poetry Award in 2020, and was 2021 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writer in Residence. In 2023 she was the Mike Riddell Writer in Residence in Ōtūrēhua, Central Otago. Lynn calls Aotearoa New Zealand and Scotland home.

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Joy's debut book, Witch's Cat Wanted Apply Within, published by Scholastic New Zealand, won the coveted 2015 Joy Cowley award followed by a Storylines Notable book award in 2017. The book has now been adapted for the stage by the renowned Christchurch Children's Theatre, and as an audio story on air by Radio New Zealand. Joy's books are enjoyed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada the USA and by translation in Scandinavia.

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Rachel Davis and Angela Meyer are financial behavioural experts who run Hi Money, a business aimed at educating and empowering women when it comes to their relationship with money.