 Brian Turner - former NZ Poet Laureate, essayist, biographer, environmental activist, NZ icon |  Jillian Sullivan - novelist, poet, essayist, writer. teacher at Nelson Marlborough Institue of Technology and Massey University, builder and earth plasterer |
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 Mike Riddell - novelist, playwright, poet, screenwriter and producer, lecturer at Auckland and Otago Universities |  Paula Wagemaker - editor, author, editing/publishing teacher at Whitiraea. |
 Rosemary Riddell - District Court Judge, author, speaker, actor, and film director, LTCL |  Bridget Auchmuty - Feldenkrais practitioner, poet, short story writer and teacher for Nelson Marlborough Institiute of Technology |
