New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Lisa Harrow’s Kiwi adventure MY LIFE’S MADE UP OF LITTLE MIRACLES

When Kiwi screen legend Lisa Harrow and her husband, acclaimed marine biologist Roger Payne, touched down in New Zealand in December 2019, it was supposed to be a three-month stay.

The couple planned to avoid winter in America, where they live in “the middle of the woods” in Vermont, and soak up a Kiwi summer with Lisa’s son Tim, his wife and their three young children.

But just before they were due to fly back in early March, Lisa decided she wanted to stay a bit longer to celebrate family birthdays in April and that Roger should go ahead without her.

‘All my old lovers, they’re working nonstop, but it’s not the same for old ladies’

Then Covid hit and the country closed before she could leave. It’s now

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