Carlos Lehnebach is Curator Botany at Te Papa. His expertise lies in the native orchids of Aotearoa. Claire Regnault is Senior Curator New Zealand Histories and Cultures at Te Papa. She is the author of several books. Her most recent, Dressed, won the Illustrated Non-Fiction Award at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Rebecca Rice is Curator of New Zealand Historical Art at Te Papa and has a special interest in early botanical art. She is working on a book on the taonga associated with the New Zealand Wars held at Te Papa. Isaac Te Awa is Curator Matauranga Maori at Te Papa. He is a practising weaver and is actively collecting for Te Papa's contemporary taonga Maori collection. Rachel Yates is a former Curator Pacific Cultures at Te Papa, where she worked closely with Pacific maker communities. She now works for the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.