Kia ora!
This week, I’m super-excited to share the news about Carla Crozier returning to after 25 years. She’s always been not just my favourite villain, but my fave character of all time. I told actress Elisabeth Easther the very same thing at the soap’s 15th anniversary party back in 2007 and she insisted we be friends, which we still are. She’s wickedly funny, a great hiking, kayaking and birdwatching buddy, and she doesn’t mind when I introduce her at parties as “Evil Nurse Carla”. I’ve been lobbying the show’s publicists to bring her back for years, so you can blame me if one of your fave characters gets murdered. Sorry! Read our chat on page 24, then turn to page 84 to find another of my obsessions, Aotearoa Music Awards nominee Paige, who sings my new anthem . She’s as excited to be in the mag as we are to have her, telling us, “I’ve been reading since I was really young, so this is a full-circle moment!” Aww, bless! Enjoy the mag and have a great week.
