Deborah Coddington

Guest writer

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.

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND – MAY 16: Former Green MP Sue Bradford protests at the Sky City Convention Centre on May 16, 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

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

Deborah Coddington celebrates a biography of former Green MP Sue Bradford.

By Deborah Coddington | 9th November, 2017

Holly Walker with husband Dave and daughter Esther, February 2016

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

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.

By Deborah Coddington | 15th June, 2017

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

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

Bankruptcy, scones, Sam Hunt, and a vicious prophecy from Wellington art collector dealer Jim Barr – Deborah Coddington lays bare an episode in her life that was "the worst of times".

By Deborah Coddington | 5th October, 2015