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The News and musings from the yards, barrel halls and tasting panels, and from on the road traveled between.

Gretchen Leuthart

Irene Ayallo

Dr Irene (is a Registered Social Worker) teaches social work and community development at Unitec in the social practice field. Her teaching and practice in this field is significantly informed…continue reading

Annette Rotherham

Measuring conversational success with couples where one person has aphasia. I ma carrying out this research as a PhD through the University of Queensland, but as I am based in…continue reading

Sahib Rasulov

I completed my PhD very recently, but in Physiology. However, as I started to work as a Community Engagement Coordinator as a continuation of my years of community service experience…continue reading

Caralyn Purvis

I am a research and evaluation professional with a wide-range of interests and experience across health, education, and social sectors. I am skilled in using a range of mixed-method data…continue reading

Jess Berentson-Shaw (Dr)

Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw is a co-director of The Workshop, a research and communications not-for-profit organisation specialising in narratives strategies which help individuals and organisations to better communicate complex social and…continue reading

Marianne Elliott

Marianne Elliot is a co-director of The Workshop, a research and communications not-for-profit organisation specialising in narratives strategies which help individuals and organisations to better communicate complex social and environmental…continue reading

Sharon Bell

Dr Sharon Bell is the research manager of The Workshop, a research and communications not-for-profit organisation specialising in narratives strategies which help individuals and organisations to better communicate complex social…continue reading

Ahmed Al-Sa’di

I am a committed person with over 14 years of experience at several leading organization (7 years in NZ, 5 in KSA, 2 in Jordan) teaching students from various social…continue reading

Jordan Green

Ko Jordan tōku ingoa. He uri ahau nō Ngāti Porou me Te Whānau ā Apanui. I am a narrative, research and communications consultant with a background in social and narrative…continue reading

Natalie Allen

Dr Natalie Allen is a director at The Urban Advisory, an urban strategy consultancy that specialises in regeneration and housing strategy. She and her team work alongside diverse clients across…continue reading

Andreja Phillips

I have a MA in Cultural and Social Anthropology from the University of Zurich/Switzerland, with my MA thesis and field research conducted in collaboration with the University of Otago. My…continue reading

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