Overdue thank you thread. Thank you to everyone who has reached out and been so kind over the last few days!
Thank you to my wonderful friend @JCHart for all her support and for being a joy to work with every day. The perfect complement to each other to get shit done.

Thank you to the amazing, dedicated, crazy-productive @ClaireRousseau who filled programme gaps like a boss while setting up a whole extra event! And thank you for your amazing support of NZ authors.

Thank you to @LegalValkyrie and @AlasdairStuart for everything that you do and HOW you do it. You are such an asset to our community. You are exceptional humans. I admired your work from afar for a long time and it was even more impressive up close.

Thank you to the amazing finalists who reached out to speakers, fixed descriptions, filled gaps, and welcomed us intimidated and mortified kiwis with open hearts. There's too many to name. @BenCKinney @AdriJjy @navahf @sl_huang.... All of you! My tagging skills are insufficient

Thank you to the amazing team who set up #CoNZealandFringe and everyone who participated in it or went and watched. Go check it out if you haven't already http://www.conzealandfringe.com/  Nominate the heck out of it for Best Related Work next year!

Thank you to the amazing people who answered the call through our inclusion initiative. It was so late. It was not OK that you weren't welcomed from the start. You came anyway and the gift of your voices and stories was the strength of the convention.

Thank you to the CoNZealand volunteers who said yes when we were asking so much at the very last minute. Thank you Kelly for approving the initiative in 1 minute. Thank you to Lynelle for making shit happen over and over again. Thank you to the programme team for not giving up.

Thank you to Lorain for burning the midnight oil getting people access.
Thank you to Jannie especially for bringing Cassie on, for championing our inclusion efforts, for fighting battles on our behalf, and for being the one that always had answers, encouragement and kind words.

Thank you to my speculative collective crew who gave me a safe space to vent and be tired and be angry. You keep me sane every day. I love you all.

Thank you to everyone who has boosted the amazing diverse voices of our SFF community.

Thank you to everyone who has raised the visibility of New Zealand speculative fiction writers.

Aroha nui.