Raewyn Gregory is a New Zealander. She is immersed in a culturally diverse nation in the South Pacific which has a worldwide reputation for creativity, international achievements in a range of fields and beautiful environments. She has worked in a wide range of educational settings and written in many contexts all her life. With more time available, her poetry book Words Whisper on the Winds of Change was published in 2011, a novel Strands of Flax in 2014 and Words from the Wise in 2020.