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Professor Cynthia (Cindy) Farquhar is the daughter of an early medical woman (Meredyth Gunn; 1952). Cindy trained in medicine and graduated from the School of Medicine at the University of Auckland in 1981. She trained in obstetrics and gynaecology in New Zealand and London and is the Postgraduate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Auckland. She has been the recipient of several research awards, most recently the Beaven Medal in 2024. Michaela Selway is a PhD student in early medieval history at the University of Tubingen, Germany. She received her Master of Arts in History from the University of Auckland in 2020 and has worked as a historical researcher for the Early Medical Women of New Zealand project since that time. Her doctoral research is supported by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes research scholarship for academic excellence.

Tracy Farr is a writer who used to be a scientist. Melbourne-born and Perth-raised, she lived for five years in Vancouver before moving to Aotearoa. She's lived on Te Motu Kairangi Miramar Peninsula in Wellington, where Wonderland is set, for nearly thirty years. Her debut novel The Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt was longlisted for Australia's Miles Franklin Literary Award, shortlisted for the Barbara Jefferis Award and Western Australian Premier's Book Awards. Wonderland is her third novel. She's co-curator of the live literary series Bad Diaries Salon and its sister project, Bad Diaries Podcast. Find her at tracyfarrauthor.com

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Dr Sarah Farrar is a curator and writer based in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. She is currently the head of the curatorial department at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki where she is responsible for the curatorial, research library and archives, learning and public programmes teams. Sarah's doctoral research examines strategies of curatorial activism in local and international art galleries and museums. For twenty years, she has curated exhibitions and contributed to art publications, including books, catalogues and journal articles, in Aotearoa, Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, China and the UK. Sarah's research interests in the complexities and strengths of cross-cultural exchange and collaboration, along with her motivation to see senior women artists duly acknowledged, have drawn her to Robin White's work. Dr Nina Tonga is Curator Contemporary Art at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is from the villages of Vaini and Kolofoou in the Kingdom of Tonga and was born and raised in New Zealand. Nina has been involved in a number of writing and curatorial projects in New Zealand and the wider Pacific and was Curator of the Honolulu Biennial 2019. Her exhibitions include Home AKL (2012) at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Tonga i Onopooni (2014) at Pataka Art + Museum, Tivaevae: Out of the Glory Box (2015) and Pacific Sisters: Fashion Activists (2018-2019) at Te Papa. Jill Trevelyan is a Wellington art historian and curator. She is the editor of Toss Woollaston: A Life in Letters (Te Papa Press, 2004) and the co-author of Rita Angus: Live to Paint & Paint to Live (Random House, 2001). Her biography of Peter McLeavey won the book of the year award at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards.

Fiona Farrell is one of New Zealand's leading writers. Born in Oamaru and educated at the universities of Otago and Toronto, she has published volumes of poetry, collections of short stories, non-fiction works, and many novels. Her first novel, The Skinny Louie Book, won the 1993 New Zealand Book Award for fiction. Other novels, poetry and non-fiction books have been shortlisted for the Montana and New Zealand Post Book Awards with four novels also nominated for the International Dublin IMPAC Award. In 2007 she received the Prime Minister's Award for Fiction, and in 2012 was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature. The Broken Book, a book of essays relating to the Christchurch earthquakes, was shortlisted for the non-fiction award in the 2012 Book Awards and critically greeted as the 'first major artwork' to emerge from the event. The Villa at the Edge of the Empire was also shortlisted for this award in 2016. Her work, which The New Zealand Herald has praised for its 'richness - of both theme and language', has been published around the world, including in the US, France and the UK. Beryl Fletcher praised Farrell for having '. . . the rare ability of turning the mundane events of domestic life into profound human experiences. Her writing is poetic, moving and literary.'

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Rebecca Fawkner is Pouako Ara Aunoa Educator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth. She works with the gallery's Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom programme, designing and implementing programmes for both preschool, school and tertiary students.

Ashley Fayth is an award-winning singer/songwriter and children's author from Random Island, Newfoundland. Her original songs for global conservation campaigns (Chester Zoo, EAZA, RSPO) have been translated into multiple languages, and are taught in classrooms all around the world. Ashley's debut children's book, Blueberry Bay, was showcased as part of Canada's Department of Fisheries and Ocean's World Oceans Day, and explores the impact of plastic pollution on marine wildlife. She lives with her husband and pint-sized daughter in Chester, England, where in-between playgroups and endless loads of laundry, she is working on a new collection of seasonal songs for children (and their grown-ups). An illustrator based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, England, Katie Brosnan received a Master's Degree in Children's Book Illustration (with distinction) from the Cambridge School of Art. She has written and/or illustrated several books, including the acclaimed Keith Among the Pigeons (longlisted for the 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize) and Gut Garden (winner of the 2020 North Somerset Teachers' Book Award -- Information Book category; longlisted for the 2020 SLA Information Book Award). Her illustrations feature in Andy Jones's hilarious Barefoot Helen and the Giants.