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Catherine A. Sanderson, Amherst College

Alexandra Sims, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau and Dulani Jayasuriya, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau

Ran Porat, Monash University

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

Jesse Kearse, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Steven Lillis, University of Waikato

Matt King, University of Tasmania and Nancy A.N. Bertler, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Earth Sciences New Zealand

Adrian Beaumont, The University of Melbourne

Alexander Sergeant, University of Westminster

Dennis Wesselbaum, University of Otago

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

Jonathan Baker, Adelaide University

Shannon Bosch, Edith Cowan University

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

Joshua Busby, The University of Texas at Austin and Greg Pollock, Georgetown University

Alexander Gillespie, University of Waikato