Anna Coddington (Ngati Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Ngati Whakaue) is an
award-winning New Zealand songwriter, singer and producer, with
four critically acclaimed studio albums to date. In 2022 she won
the Waiata Maori Music Award for Best Maori Album in Te Reo for her
EP Mana-Wa-Hine, featuring a collection of waiata performed in te
reo Maori. Her songwriting prowess has seen her in the prestigious
Silver Scroll songwriting award Top 20 list four times. She also
has an MA in Linguistics, is currently studying for a law degree,
and is a professional voiceover artist - so she justifiably
considers herself a word nerd! A mother to two children with her
partner Dick Johnson, also a musician, Anna's writing for children
carries a deeper mission of spreading awareness of kaupapa
Maori.
Story Hemi-Morehouse (Ngati Koata, Ngati Toa Rangatira) was born in
Auckland and moved to Australia when she was young. She was always
obsessed with comics and drawing and turned her love of
illustrating into a career. Story's first published book, Mokopuna
Matatini/The Greatest Festival on Earth written by Pania
Tahau-Hodges, was shortlisted for four awards in the New Zealand
Book Awards for Children and Young Adults 2022. She has since
illustrated several more books. Story lives and works on the Gold
Coast, Australia and, thanks to the flexibilty of freelance work,
also gets to spend regular time in Aotearoa.
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