About this episode

Toby Manhire interviews Asher Emanuel about his book that explores the New Zealand criminal justice system through true stories.

In a bonus episode of Gone By Lunchtime, Toby Manhire talks to Asher Emanuel, author of The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City. A gripping, true story of a group of people whose lives keep winding back to the Hutt Valley District Court, it offers an eye-opening insight into the human impacts and systemic fractures at the heart of the New Zealand criminal justice system. https://www.unitybooks.co.nz/products/valley-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Toby Manhire

Guest: Asher Emanuel

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• New Zealand
• true crime
• systemic issues
• politics

Keywords

• New Zealand
• criminal justice
• Hutt Valley
• Asher Emanuel
• Toby Manhire
• true crime
• systemic issues

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Valley: Crime and Punishment in a New Zealand City

Places: New Zealand, Hutt Valley District Court

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