Russell Brown

Russell Brown

Russell Brown is journalist, music writer and media commentator. He is the owner of the Public Address community of blogs, and writes the blog Hard News. Brown’s journalism career began in the early 1980s with the Christchurch Star and the music zine Rip It Up....
Professor Kathleen Campbell

Professor Kathleen Campbell

Kathy is a geologist, paleoecologist and astrobiologist. The broad theme of her research is paleoecology – the interaction of ancient organisms with their surrounding environments – whether they were living in normal marine environments, along geologically...
Dr Gavin Ellis

Dr Gavin Ellis

Gavin is a former editor-in-chief of the New Zealand Herald. His career in journalism spanned more than 40 years and included periods as a political journalist and defence correspondent. He was chair of the Media Freedom Committee, representing all mainstream media on...
Associate Professor Jennifer Frost

Associate Professor Jennifer Frost

Jennifer Frost is a historian of 20th century United States society, politics, and culture at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.  She is the author of “An Interracial Movement of the Poor”: Community Organizing and the New Left in the 1960s (2001), Hedda...
Dacia Herbulock

Dacia Herbulock

Dacia Herbulock became Director of the Science Media Centre in 2018, having played a pivotal role in shaping the SMC’s direction since its launch in 2008. Over the past decade, she has designed and led initiatives to broaden New Zealand’s network of media savvy...
Dr. Daniel Hikuroa

Dr. Daniel Hikuroa

Dr Daniel (Dan) Hikuroa is an Earth Systems Scientists who integrates mātauranga Māori (Māori knowledge) and science to realise the dreams and aspirations of the communities he works with. He is an established world expert on integrating indigenous knowledge and...