Articles by Catherine%20Raynes
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Politics
High Court sets aside Waitangi Tribunal's summons of Children's Minister
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 9:21PMThe High Court has ruled Children’s Minister Karen Chhour cannot be compelled to appear before the Waitangi Tribunal. In...
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National
Colleagues 'shattered' as 'incredible' local leader dies
Sunday, 31 March 2024, 12:41PMA Bay of Plenty community is mourning a leader who died after suffering a heart attack while biking in Rotorua. Builder Richard...
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National
Succession NZ: How the super-wealthy live – mega-mansions that can lie empty half the time
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 1:39PMMega-mansions are dotted around New Zealand, owned by people with so much money they probably own more than one. Inside...
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National
Sir Owen Glenn’s Northland estate at Wiroa Station up for grabs
Friday, 22 December 2023, 3:02PMA big coastal farm park in the Far North owned by successive wealthy Kiwis has been subdivided with sections up for sale...
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Audio
Books: Yellowface and Killing Moon
Saturday, 17 June 2023, 12:03PMYellowface – RF Kaung White lies. Dark humor. Deadly consequences… Bestselling sensation Juniper Song is not who she says...
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Audio
Catherine Raynes: Books - Everything is Beautiful, Everything Hurts and The Forgotten Girls
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 12:05PMEverything is Beautiful, Everything Hurts – Josie Shapiro Mickey Bloom: five foot tall, dyslexic, and bullied at school....
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Audio
Books: The Diamond Eye and The House of Eve
Saturday, 20 May 2023, 12:06PMThe Diamond Eye – Kate Quinn The brand-new historical novel based on a true story from the bestselling author of The Rose...
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Audio
Books - Small Mercies and The Future of Geography
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 12:13PMSmall Mercies, Dennis Lehane The acclaimed New York Times bestselling writer returns with a masterpiece to rival Mystic...
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Audio
Books: The Bookbinder of Jericho and White Fox
Saturday, 29 April 2023, 11:58AMThe Bookbinder of Jericho – Pip Williams A young British woman working in a book bindery gets a chance to pursue knowledge...
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Audio
Books: The Messenger and Unscripted
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 11:54AMThe Messenger – Megan Davis Wealthy and privileged, Alex has an easy path to success in the Parisian elite his father mingles...
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Audio
Books: Love Untold and When McKinsey Comes to Town
Saturday, 19 November 2022, 12:10PMLove Untold, Ruth Jones The funny, moving and uplifting new novel from Ruth Jones, co-creator of Gavin & Stacey and author...
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Audio
Books: Jodi Picolut's Mad Honey, Abyss by Max Hastings
Saturday, 29 October 2022, 12:31PMMad Honey - Jodi Picoult “MAD HONEY has all of the things: alternating narratives, suspense, courtroom drama, and a love...
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Audio
Catherine Raynes: Horse and Le Fric Family, Power and Money
Thursday, 16 June 2022, 3:49PMCatherine Raynes has been reading Horse by Geraldine Brooks and Le Fric Family, Power and Money by Alex Duff. LISTEN ABOVE
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Audio
Books: Grand, Becoming My Mother’s Daughter, French Braid
Thursday, 21 April 2022, 10:56AMGrand, Becoming My Mother’s Daughter – Noelle McCarthy The astonishing debut memoir about mothers and daughters, drinking,...
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Audio
Books: The Unexpected Spy, The School for Good Mothers
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 9:23AMThe Unexpected Spy – Tracey Walder When Tracy Walder enrolled at the University of Southern California, she never thought...
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Audio
Books: Jump by Larry Miller, Lucy Foley's Paris thriller
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:23PMJump – Larry Miller One of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nike’s Jordan Brand from a $150M sneaker company...
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Audio
Books: Remember Me and Davos Man
Thursday, 10 March 2022, 11:21AMRemember Me – Charity Norman A close-knit community is ripped apart by disturbing revelations that cast new light on a...
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Audio
Book picks: The Very Last List of Vivian Walker, Em and Me
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 8:50AMThe Very Last List of Vivian Walker – Megan Albany: New book from Award winning Australian Writer Vivian Walker is dying....
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Audio
Book review: Three Sisters and Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Saturday, 2 October 2021, 1:24PMThree Sisters, Heather Morris The breath-taking new novel from the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and Cilka’s Journey, based...
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Audio
Book review: The Tsarinas Daughter and The House of Kwa
Saturday, 24 July 2021, 2:43PMThe Tsarinas Daughter, Ellen Alpsten Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and Catherine I,...
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Audio
Catherine Raynes: Book picks
Saturday, 28 September 2019, 11:01AMChastise - Max Hastings Openside - Sam Warburton LISTEN TO AUDIO ABOVE
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Audio
Catherine Raynes: Book picks
Saturday, 21 September 2019, 11:15AMThe Secrets We Kept - Lara Prescott At the height of the Cold War, two secretaries are pulled out of the typing pool at...
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Business
Interest rate doomsday: How much extra will you pay?
Monday, 4 March 2019, 11:59AMAuckland home-owners may have to pay more than $1000 extra a month on their existing mortgage repayment if interest rates...
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World
Trump pulls out of Iran nuclear deal
Wednesday, 9 May 2018, 6:38AMOne official briefed on the decision said Trump would move to reimpose all sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the...