The Good Word Jnr

The Good Word Jnr is a family-oriented take on the popular TVNZ 7 series, The Good Word.

The regular Good Word book review panel have been replaced by a trio of 10-to-12-year-olds! Bearing many of the hallmarks of a regular Good Word episode, the junior version will be set in the Good Word studio and presented by novelist Emily Perkins, with forays into the wider world for three documentary pieces. Actress Antonia Prebble also shares her favourite book.

This special contains a ‘tween-skewed version of another Good Word regular, Under the Covers. This will feature reporter Finlay Macdonald presenting a ten minute documentary going in search of some of his own favourite local writers to talk to about their favourite children’s or teens’ books and why and how they inspired them.