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Vaeno Wayne Vigulu, Solomon Islands National University; Richard Levy, Earth Sciences New Zealand, and Tim Naish, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Ran Porat, Monash University

Steven Lillis, University of Waikato

Alan Pearce, Swinburne University of Technology

Greg Treadwell, Auckland University of Technology

Pascal Vrticka, University of Essex

Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne

Ligin Joseph, University of Southampton

Alexander Sergeant, University of Westminster

Yucheng Lin, City University of Hong Kong and Robert Kopp, Rutgers University

Helena Cooper-Thomas, Auckland University of Technology and James Greenslade-Yeats, Auckland University of Technology

Jonathan Baker, Adelaide University

Kari Clifford, University of Otago

Hannah E. Kessenich, University of Otago; Annika Seppälä, University of Otago, and Dan Smale, Earth Sciences New Zealand

John (Eddie) La Marca, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research) and Sarah Diepstraten, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)

Ilan Oshri, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Ngaire Kerse, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Keisha Rawiri, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Francesca Kurghan, University of Waikato and Holly Thorpe, University of Waikato

Michael Fletcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Phil Lester, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato

Stephen John Taylor, University of Otago