Moira Wairama is a storyteller and writer from Te Whanga-nui-a– Tara. She has won a number of awards for her children’spicture books and also writes for theatre and radio. Moira is co-founder of Baggage Books, publisher of her te reo Māori book Arapū Toi, illustrated...
Jaimie Baird was born in England in 1952 and brought up in New Zealand from 9 years of age. He attended Nelson College, as a boarder, completed a diploma in Horticulture at Massey University, and then joined the department of Agriculture in 1972. In his early...
Dahlia Malaeulu has gone from searching for Pasifika children’s stories to creating them. As an award winning author, publisher and founder of Mila’s Books, Dahlia’s mission of supporting Pasifika tamaiti to be seen, heard and valued through the stories they read has...
Anne Ingram is the author of the Lucy Bee trilogy which follows Lucy through the adventures and challenges she faces from age 10 to 15. Anne has always loved reading and wanted to write from a very young age. She has worked as a journalist, editor, teacher, librarian,...
Donna Goodacre, who is of Tainui descent, is a retired high school/correctional centre/vocational school English and Foreign Languages teacher. Her career spanned some forty years in New Zealand and Australia. Finding Miriama is her first novel, having started it in...
