Go Hard or Go Home: My Story | Kiri Allan

From the front bench to rock bottom: Go Hard or Go Home is Kiri Allan's fearless memoir of ambition, disruption and survival in NZ politics and beyond.

Kiri Allan's six-year political career spanned some of the most challenging times in recent history. Events a government might encounter once in a generation stacked up: a terrorist attack, a volcanic eruption, destructive and deadly weather events, a global pandemic . . .

And as a highly recognisable figure, Kiri's overlapping personal story also played out under scrutiny: divorce, new parenthood, cancer diagnosis and treatment, and mental health struggles culminating in the car crash that led to her resignation.

Go Hard or Go Home is the story of the person beyond the headlines, from church-going child to charismatic hitchhiker to precocious law student to former politician.

Honest, fierce and deeply moving, Kiri's memoir asks what it costs to keep going when you can't live in half measures, and what it takes to rebuild your life.

Kiritapu Allan is a lawyer, former Cabinet minister and one of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most recognisable political figures. Elected to Parliament in 2017, she held ministerial portfolios including Justice, Conservation and Emergency Management. She now works as a consultant and advisor. Go Hard or Go Home is her first book.