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Susie Ferguson was born in Scotland and is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. After graduating from The Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and the University of the Arts London, she became a war correspondent, reporting and presenting from around the world – most notably the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. She emigrated to New Zealand in 2009, and for eight years was co-host of Radio NZ’s top-rating show, Morning Report. She has also made radio documentaries and podcasts including RNZ’s The Unthinkable and Undercurrent: Misinformation in Aotearoa. Susie currently hosts RNZ’s Saturday Morning, is an ambassador for Endometriosis NZ, and lives in Wellington with her family. 

Naomi Arnold is an award-winning Nelson journalist who has written for most New Zealand magazines and newspapers including New Zealand Geographic, North & South and The Listener. She occasionally contributes to international outlets including The Guardian and The Washington Post. She started her writing career at the Nelson Mail in 2009, where she wrote features for five years before becoming a freelance writer and author. She has written the critically-acclaimed history of New Zealand astronomy Southern Nights (HarperCollins), World of WearableArt: 30 Designers Tell Their Stories (Potton & Burton), and is co-author of new release Force of Nature, a history of Forest & Bird, with renowned Nelson author David Young (Potton & Burton). Her next book, a memoir about walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, is forthcoming from HarperCollins.