Today's guest, Acushla-Tara Kupe, has gradually made herself a mainstay of our screens and stages over the past five years or so.
You're likely to know her best as Bonnie from 'Shortland Street' and Detective Sergeant Diana Huia from 'The Gone', which won the 2023 New Zealand Television Award for Best Drama.
She's also graced stages all over the motu, most recently leading The Court Theatre's production of 'A Doll's House'.
And podcast fans will know her voice from 'Sherlock & Co', one of the most popular podcasts in the UK.
Acushla's picks:
Auē by Becky Manawatū
The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams
The Courage to be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
The Collected Works of Kahlil Gibran
Kiwi theatre star Acushla-Tara Kupe. Photo: TABITHA ARTHUR PHOTOGRAPHY
