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An appointment with Jacinda

6 days ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

Dame Jacinda Ardern to the rescue, possibly. Ardern’s new memoir A Different Kind of Power arrives in bookstores this week and looks set to sell its sensitive socks off. The book will retail for $60. Booksellers face challenges from online retailers such as Mighty Ape and The Nile, which are already offering chunky discounts. Even so, it seems destined to provide a bonanza for bookshops across the land.
Poor King Charles, an unhappy royal childhood and marriage, wayward brother and then there’s Harry

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Steve Braunias

King Charles wears his heart on his face, Steve Braunias writes. Photo / Getty Images)Steve Braunias celebrates the King on his Birthday Weekend. Good old woebegone and long, long, long-suffering King Charles the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of His other Realms and Territories, King, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith. He carries all those titles behind him like an ox pulling a plough.
The secret diary of . . . Ryan Bridge

1 week ago | odt.co.nz | Steve Braunias

You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image. OpinionMONDAYGood morning to everybody in New Zealand especially the estimated 17 viewers who have tuned into the brand new morning show Herald Now.
This week's biggest-selling books at King's Birthday Weekend

1 week ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

FICTION1 The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38)“She [Chidgey] seems to get a ridiculous amount of promotion through your column,” moaned Newsroom reader Louise Bryant in the comments section this week.
Book of the Week: 'Ruapehu took possession of my mind'

1 week ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

The main image on this page — above, spread out happily across the screen — is from the constantly fascinating illustrated book Fire & Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and mysteries of Tongariro National Park by Hazel Phillips and is surely, surely, the best photo ever taken in New Zealand of post-colonial leisure in paradise, at once supremely happy and inevitably troubling, a 1960s ideal of the governing race at play, a portrait of Little Rhodesia, consenting adults without children...
For the love of Chidgey

1 week ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

There is something obviously and explicitly special going on with the reading public’s adoration of Catherine Chidgey.
The secret diary of .. the Budget

2 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

NICOLA WILLISPeople think of the Budget as an economic response to the state of the nation. And traditionally that has been the case. But this Government is not bound by tradition. This Government, Mr Speaker, is an exciting Government. The Prime Minister is exciting. You only have to spend five seconds with him to know that. Six seconds might be pushing it. But I want to return to my original point which is to deny that the 2025 Budget is an economic response to the state of the nation.
NZ artist’s relentless pursuit of beauty as he battles ugly illness

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Steve Braunias

Home / The Listener / CultureBy Steve BrauniasSenior Writer·New Zealand Listener·23 May, 2025 06:00 PM14 mins to readSubscribe to listenAccess to Herald Premium articles require a Premium subscription. Subscribe now to listen. Already a subscriber? Sign in hereListening to articles is free for open-access content—explore other articles or learn more about text-to-speech. ‌SaveShare this articleReminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. ‘Steve,” he said.
This week's bestselling books - May 23

2 weeks ago | newsroom.co.nz | Steve Braunias

FICTION1The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey (Te Herenga Waka University Press, $38)A free copy of the new, quite sensational novel by the reigning superstar of New Zealand fiction was up for grabs in last week’s free book giveaway – but I didn’t think much of the entries. No offence but they were a bit boring, and not one of them deserved to win a novel this good.
Steve Braunias: Artist enters purgatory

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Steve Braunias

Steve Braunias: "There are orders from museums, galleries, collectors. The purgatory begins." Photo / Getty ImagesOpinion by Steve BrauniasSteve Braunias writes for the Listener and Newsroom. Learn more The artist had left the building – in point of fact, he died trying to enter, collapsing on the pavement near the front door just before Christmas – and now it was the turn of his work.

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24 Apr 25

Ooh! Will watch.

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Destiny Church. What is happening inside the Brian Tamaki vehicle, where is it heading, and why? A five part series on TVNZ+ https://t.co/iQi2Bevs5K

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23 Apr 25

“Jesus when will this guy just leave”

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Thank you for welcoming me to Downing Street, Prime Minister. Today we discussed the challenging global environment, our countries’ commitments to free trade, and our support for stability in Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific. https://t.co/x1DH7ghFO0

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22 Apr 25

RT @sopranos_vibes: Hear me out… https://t.co/E9YtKj2XQq