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TAMA WAIPARA NEW ZEALAND
Arts practitioner Tama Waipara- (Ruapani / Rongowhakaata / Ngati Porou) has a Masters from New York’s Manhattan School of Music. He is the winner of a Vodafone Music Award for Best Roots Album for Fill Up The Silence, and an APRA Award for Best Original Music in a Feature Film for his Mahana score.
GEOFF WALKER NEW ZEALAND
One of this country’s most experienced editors, Geoff Walker is also a writer and publishing consultant. As Penguin NZ Publishing Director he oversaw authors including Michael King, Maurice Gee, Lloyd Jones, Witi Ihimaera, Patricia Grace and Ranginui Walker.
KAREN WALKER NEW ZEALAND
Clothing and accessories designer Karen Walker launched her label
in 1982 and has gone on to achieve international recognition. Walker was the rst New Zealander to have a solo show at New York Fashion Week. karenwalker.com
BRONWEN WALL NEW ZEALAND
Bronwen Wall is a regular contributor to the Ministry of Education’s
Junior Journal, School Journal and Connected series. She has edited and written several adventure books, including Harry Watson: the Mile Eater, Tararua Adventure Guide and Explore! Aotearoa.
KENNEDY WARNE NEW ZEALAND
Kennedy Warne co-founded New Zealand Geographic and was its editor for 15 years. He has written about threatened mangrove forests, the Tuhoe iwi of Te Urewera and SH1, and produced two children’s books with illustrator Heather Hunt, the latest being It’s My Egg (And you can’t have it!).
ROBERT WEBB ENGLAND
Writer, comedian, columnist and actor Robert Webb, is part of comedic duo Mitchell and Webb, and starred in Sony and BAFTA award-winning Peep Show, That Mitchell & Webb Sound and That Mitchell & Webb Look. His bestselling memoir How Not To Be A Boy was published last year. Supported by Platinum Bold Patrons Betsy & Michael Benjamin. @arobertwebb
IAN WEDDE NEW ZEALAND
Ian Wedde ONZM is the author of 16 poetry collections, seven novels, two collections of essays, short stories, a monograph on the artist Bill Culbert, and several art catalogues. He has won two national book awards and launched his Selected Poems collection at the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival.
PETER WELLS NEW ZEALAND
Award-winning writer, lm writer and director Peter Wells is co-founder of the Auckland Writers Festival and the Samesame but Different LGBTQI Writers Festival. His memoir Dear Oliver has just been published, and he is currently documenting his experience with cancer in a Facebook diary.
JONATHAN WEST NEW ZEALAND
A former historian at the Waitangi Tribunal, Jonathan West has recently joined the Of ce of Treaty Settlements. He is shortlisted for the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards for his latest book The Face of Nature, an exploration of the environmental history of the Otago Peninsula.
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