# Asher Emanuel on The Valley: the book everyone, politicians especially, should read in 2026

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Podcast: [Gone By Lunchtime](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gone-by-lunchtime-449634)
Published: 2026-05-12T17:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

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

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