Frances Walsh is an Auckland writer and researcher. She has been on the staff of Metro magazine and in 2011 published her first book, Inside Story: A History of the New Zealand Housewife (Random House New Zealand).

Jane Ussher MNZM is one of New Zealand’s most lauded photographers. Perhaps best known for her photographs for the Listener and, more recently, magazines such as New Zealand House & Garden, her photographs have also appeared in the high-profile, award-winning books Coast, Islands, Worship, The New Zealand Horse, Endless Sea, Nature — Stilled, and Historic New Zealand Homesteads. Jane lives in Kerikeri, Northland.