A day in the life of TINA MAKERETI

The Mires author reveals her celebrity crush and her talent for getting her puppy to sleep!

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WAKE UP... 7.15am. Dreamt about [The White Lotus actor] Sam Rockwell again. So much better than the tiresome nightmares I usually have on repeat. I eat breakfast while thinking about the day ahead, while also thinking about the Qigong routine [meditation] I should've done before eating. Too late now. I resolve to do it later on an empty stomach.

MID-MORNING... I text a friend in the midst of final book edits about the use of macrons in Māori words. I talk with my husband about his work, while snuggling with our dog Piki, who's having a post-breakfast sleep on one of her three beds. I wish I could have a post-breakfast sleep! I head downstairs to start work. My main goals today: