Alison Carter is a journalist, writer and documentary maker who lives on a native forest restoration block at Kitowhakarere Bay in Hauraki. Catherine Delahunty (Pākehā) writes columns, fiction and poetry and is active in environmental campaigns and Te Tiriti education work. She lives in the Kauaeranga Valley in Ngāti Maru lands in Hauraki. Julie Sargisson lives on the outskirts of Kapanga above a tidal salt marsh. She replants wetland areas and bare hillsides to help restore this environmental treasure. She walks the hills and shorelines, writes articles, poetry and essays. After a life of changes and adventures Lora Mountjoy chose to settle with her family in the Northern Coromandel. She now lives in Kapanga where she enjoys sitting in the sun, tending her garden, dancing and writing.