Audio Book

 Scott Giles is Olivia’s loving husband and is the voice of Colin. He was born in the Deep South and bought up in Christchurch.  He came to Wellington at the age of 16 and started a career in retail management.   His priority is his whanau and he works at Dusky Productions as Managing Director.  He is a father, grandfather and stepfather.  Scott's passions are family life and teaching.  He enjoys music, diving and fishing.

Wiremu McGregor (aka Timo, Olivia’s Uncle Bill, Grandpa and Dad) is the voice of Robert. He was born in Porangahau in 1942.  Timo worked for 30 years rising to a Civil Engineering Design Draughtsman with the now defunct Ministry of Works. He is now retired after 50 years employment.Having played many sports, he is now actively involved in both Indoor and Outdoor Bowls.  Timo went to various primary schools as a child, attended Te Aute College for his secondary Education and then various Polytechnics to qualify with a New Zealand Certificate in Civil Engineering.  He has three daughters and twelve Grandchildren (his oldest granddaughter being Terina)

 Mani Ah Far is Terina’s Uncle (the Samoan and Chinese side) and was called on at the last minute to provide the voice of Piripi. He is Ptown born and bred and lives near Titahi Bay beach with his three children and partner. Mani enjoys reading anything good and can’t wait to get his hand on the full book. He works in IT.

Joel Tait is Olivia’s nephew and is the voice of Romeo. He is married to Maraea and they have a son and daughter. His previous reading/acting experience was in reading Maui, Lynley Dodd and Dr Seuss books to his kids and he is a self-professed expert in faking rugby injuries. He is a trained chef and works for Nosh.

Ana Nuku is another of Olivia’s nieces and the oldest of her generation in the McGregor Clan.  She portrays the character of Mauki in which she thinks she bears some resemblance to. She is a 34 year old mother to five beautiful children. She loves anything to do with music, reading, singing, sports, kapahaka and anything creative. The most important thing to her is her whanau.

Ata McGregor is Olivia’s cousin and has many fond memories of staying the weekend at her cousin’s place when she was young. Olivia would be up all night typing a gripping story on an old manual typewriter, while her younger cousins were drinking coffee, eating biscuits and avidly waiting for her to finish the next page.  Ata is now all grown up with 4 kids of her own, and lives with her partner Mike in Titahi Bay, just around the corner from Mani.  

 Nina McGregor is Olivia, Scott and Lynda’s (favourite) cousin, Timo’s daughter, Ata and Mani’s sister, Terina’s mother, and Ana and Joel’s Aunty.  She undertook the role of producing this audio book and then directing it not knowing what she was really getting herself into. She has one son and three daughters who like herself are all Dusky Production Shareholders. She is extremely proud of all her whānau who’s contributions to this audio book exceeded even her high expectations.

 Terina Ah Far is Olivia’s niece and provided some of the inspiration for the character of Laurel which she portrays in the audio book.  She is a Dusky Productions Shareholder. In addition to being the voice of Laurel on the audio book she has been employed by the company as a catwalk model, proofreader, waitress, usher team leader and she wrote the blurb on the back of the paperback. Terina is of a mixed descent but is mainly; Samoan, Maori, NZ European and Chinese. She lives in Porirua where is currently studying and working towards her Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University.