Sharon Stephenson

1 week ago | nowtolove.co.nz | Sharon Stephenson

It’s no secret that Kiwis like to read books – especially women, with a recent survey showing a whopping 91% of females in Aotearoa picked up a novel in the past 12 months. Hanna Rauch is one of those women. The 29-year-old has been a book lover ever since she read the Harry Potter series while growing up in northern Italy. Recalls Hanna, “I must have been seven or eight when I read the first Harry Potter book.

1 week ago | thepost.co.nz | Sharon Stephenson

1 week ago | waikatotimes.co.nz | Sharon Stephenson

1 week ago | nowtolove.co.nz | Sharon Stephenson

Having performed everywhere from cruise liners and All Blacks games to stages all over the world, not much fazes singer and More FM host Sophie Morris. But when her partner of two years, Brad Finch, dropped to one knee at a secluded Auckland beach in January, Sophie was lost for words. “We’d vaguely talked about marriage and had just celebrated our second anniversary. But it still came as a lovely surprise,” admits the bubbly 31-year-old.

2 weeks ago | thepost.co.nz | Sharon Stephenson