Fiona Kidman: The written word changes lives

12 July 2025 First published RNZ Dame Fiona Kidman is one of Aotearoa's most acclaimed authors. Popular at home and abroad, she has published eleven novels and numerous short story and poetry collections. Her latest Collected Poems, The Midnight Plane, was published in May 2025 by Otago University Press.

A new documentary, The House Within, directed by Joshua Prenderville, explores Dame Fiona's life as a writer, from child to today. She and Joshua speak to Paddy Gower on Saturday Morning in this author interview.