Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong thinks she can take out the Labour stronghold Mount Albert seat. 

Wong's launching a campaign dedicated to her race for the electorate this weekend. 

The seat's currently held by Labour MP Helen White, but in the past it's been held by former Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern. 

She says the party's gotten a clear message from its supporters. 

"Seeing us go for an electorate where we think we can win would help with that sort of 'wasted vote' mentality. Obviously, if we win an electorate, that brings the threshold down to 3 percent, which we're already polling above - so it really increases our chances." 

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Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong thinks she can take out the Labour stronghold Mount Albert seat.&nbsp;
Wong's launching a campaign dedicated to her race for the electorate this weekend.&nbsp;
The seat's currently held by Labour MP Helen White, but in the past it's been held by former Prime Ministers Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern.&nbsp;
She says the party's gotten a clear message from its supporters.&nbsp;
"Seeing us go for an electorate where we think we can win would help with that sort of 'wasted vote' mentality. Obviously, if we win an electorate, that brings the threshold down to 3 percent, which we're already polling above - so it really increases our chances."&nbsp;
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Qiulae Wong: Opportunity Party leader on her campaign for the Mount Albert electorate

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Famed Kiwi outdoorsman Sam Gibson's found some more stories in the bush - and he's turned his findings into a new book.

Sam is deeply passionate about hunting, foraging, trapping, fishing and conservation, and even spent some time working for the Department of Conservation. 

A Bushman's Book of Yarns aims to teach readers about New Zealand's unique ecosystems and wildlife. 

"Now that I'm a Gisborne District Councillor, I do speaking gigs around the country, I've got young kids - like, a bit of time in the bush just by myself would be amazing." 

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Famed Kiwi outdoorsman Sam Gibson's found some more stories in the bush - and he's turned his findings into a new book.
Sam is deeply passionate about hunting, foraging, trapping, fishing and conservation, and even spent some time working for the Department of Conservation.&nbsp;
A Bushman's Book of Yarns aims to teach readers about New Zealand's unique ecosystems and wildlife.&nbsp;
"Now that I'm a Gisborne District Councillor, I do speaking gigs around the country, I've got young kids - like, a bit of time in the bush just by myself would be amazing."&nbsp;
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Sam Gibson: hunter, trapper and conservationist talks new book, A Bushman's Book of Yarns

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This week, Lyttleton singer-songwriter Mel Parsons has landed a big milestone - after seven albums, she’s hit the top spot on the Kiwi charts.

Castle Hill has debuted at number one on not only the Top 20 Aotearoa Albums Chart, but the Top 40 Albums chart.

She says she's happy to see people enjoying it - and her kids appreciate how high it got on the charts. 

"The kids all think that we're rich now, that's their kind of marker. They're like - you're bigger than Olivia Dean! And I'm like - well, this week we are." 

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This week, Lyttleton singer-songwriter Mel Parsons has landed a big milestone - after seven albums, she’s hit the top spot on the Kiwi charts.
Castle Hill has debuted at number one on not only the Top 20 Aotearoa Albums Chart, but the Top 40 Albums chart.
She says she's happy to see people enjoying it - and her kids appreciate how high it got on the charts.&nbsp;
"The kids all think that we're rich now, that's their kind of marker. They're like - you're bigger than Olivia Dean! And I'm like - well, this week we are."&nbsp;
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Mel Parsons: Kiwi singer-songwriter on the success of her new album 'Castle Hill'

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The Unselected Journals of Emma M.Lion by Beth Brower. This is a series of journals published by a writer purporting to be a 20 year old woman, in 1883 London, writing about her family, her housing situation and the events of her days. They’re charming and whimsical and become quickly very moreish with two books in the series just published and many more apparently to follow. Emma’s father has left her his London house in his will but her cousin Archibald is entitled to live there until she comes of age and he’s not best pleased at her inheritance. The books have a touch of An Unfortunate Series of Events, along with Anne of Green Gables and the Victorian era of Georgette Heyer. Once you start it’s hard to stop. 

Agrippa by Robert Harris – who is one of the finest contemporary writers, known also for his trilogy of Roman novels about Cicero. This new one is subtitled A Novel of Ancient Rome’s Descent into Dictatorship. Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir; the other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. Now aged 50, Agrippa presents this novel as his memoir remembering their eventful lives which were so intertwined, for better or worse, with fascinating history and insight. 

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The Unselected Journals of Emma M.Lion by Beth Brower. This is a series of journals published by a writer purporting to be a 20 year old woman, in 1883 London, writing about her family, her housing situation and the events of her days. They’re charming and whimsical and become quickly very moreish with two books in the series just published and many more apparently to follow. Emma’s father has left her his London house in his will but her cousin Archibald is entitled to live there until she comes of age and he’s not best pleased at her inheritance. The books have a touch of An Unfortunate Series of Events, along with Anne of Green Gables and the Victorian era of Georgette Heyer. Once you start it’s hard to stop.&nbsp;
Agrippa by Robert Harris – who is one of the finest contemporary writers, known also for his trilogy of Roman novels about Cicero. This new one is subtitled A Novel of Ancient Rome’s Descent into Dictatorship. Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir; the other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. Now aged 50, Agrippa presents this novel as his memoir remembering their eventful lives which were so intertwined, for better or worse, with fascinating history and insight.&nbsp;
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Whitcoulls Recommends: The Unselected Journals of Emma M.Lion and Agrippa

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Qiulae Wong: Opportunity Party leader on her campaign for the Mount Albert electorate

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