Dr Grace Bateman is an experienced oral historian with a PhD in History, and a former ice skating judge in all disciplines for the NZISA. She is the project leader for NZ Skating History, and will be conducting the oral history interviews.
Grace is a member of the Professional Historians' Association of New Zealand/Aotearoa, see profile https://phanza.org.nz/historian/grace-bateman/
She is also a member of the National Oral History Association of New Zealand, and follows their Code of Ethical and Technical Practice. www.oralhistory.org.nz/index.php/ethics-and-practice/  

Paul Garbett is an independent researcher and author. He will be transcribing the recorded interviews, digitising historical materials and handling the technical aspects of the study. 

For information about the importance of conducting Data Sovereign research and how we achieve it, see our article which is currently on a pre-print server at https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5917882