Deborah CoddingtonDeborah Coddington

Deborah Coddington is a writer and former Act Party MP who lives in Martinborough. Her 2015 memoir The Good Life on Te Muna Road was a best-seller. Her previous books include her sprightly collection of journalism Liberty Belle (1998), and of course her helpful directories The Paedophile and Sex Offender Index (1996 and 2003). Deborah was born in 1953 in Waipukurau.

The wild life and times of ex-Green MP and constant hero Sue Bradford

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Deborah Coddington celebrates a biography of former Green MP Sue Bradford. When did New Zealanders who loved a good debate morph into silo mentality? Current zeitgeist has us in this curious – not to say alarmingly unhealthy – state that we all must urgently agree over everything: personal opinions, political policies, future predictions, even book … Read more

You can’t always get everything you want: Deborah Coddington reviews Holly Walker

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We conclude our week-long series on the new memoir by former Green MP Holly Walker with a review by another ex-MP – Deborah Coddington. Who would have thought Holly Walker, mother and Green MP from 2011 to 2014, was a victim of violent abuse while she was in Parliament? Her face was so badly bruised … Read more

Books: The Monday Excerpt – The Day Deborah Coddington Was Tarred and Feathered

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Deborah Coddington’s fetching memoir The Good Life on Te Muna Road (Penguin Random House, $40) tells of her adventures and experiences in the Wairarapa. These days, she makes wine with her husband Colin Carruthers QC; back in the day, she threw parties for Sam Hunt, Tim Shadbolt, Dun Mihaka and others at Waiura, the large … Read more