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NZ Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- NZ Herald
What if Jacinda Ardern were just an ordinary Prime Minister?
Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has just published her memoir, A Different Kind of Power. Photo / Jane Ussher THE FACTS What is it about Jacinda Ardern that turns some people completely mad? The publication of her memoir, A Different Kind of Power, this week was met with a predictable mixture of acclaim and derision. This week, in a piece by Rachel Morris explaining why New Zealand 'turn[ed] on
NZ Herald
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Will NZ author Catherine Chidgey's new novel be the book of 2025? Global publishers think so
A very rude magpie may still be dogging her thoughts, but one of our most successful authors has managed another novel worth squawking about. Catherine Chidgey (photographed above by Jane Ussher) is a very good writer. Everybody knows that. What is less well known about her is that she is also a talent wrangler and spruiker for, of all unlikely things, magpie-related merch. Her 2022 book The Axeman's Carnival, which is narrated by a talking magpie, Tama, won the
