It was a glamorous affair when Real Housewives of Auckland socialite Gilda Kirkpatrick launched her second children’s book Mutiny in the Solar System last night in Auckland.
As you would expect, there was a galaxy of stars (we couldn’t resist!) who came out to support the Iranian-born mum-of-two including her RHOA gal pals Louise Wallace, Angela Stone, Julia Sloane, Anne Batley Burton and Michelle Blanchard.
And, of course, when you get a group of Housewives into a room together it’s not always going to go smoothly … All we can say is our photographer Carmen had to wait 40 minutes for the dramas to settle down before she could take their picture!
Also spotted in the crowd was our favourite reality TV Bachelorette bad girls Chrystal Chenery and Nazanin Khanjani, who happily posed up a storm for us.
Mutiny in the Solar System is available August 8 and Real Housewives of Auckland is coming soon to Bravo.
All photos by Carmen Bird
Chrystal Chenery and Ricky Cave. Photo: Carmen Bird
Louise and Scott Wallace. Photo: Carmen Bird
Watch Louise and Angela Stone dishing the goss on RHOA in the next video.
Real Housewives of Auckland: Louise Wallace and Angela Stone tell all
Michelle and Dave Blanchard. Photo: Carmen Bird
The Real Housewives of Auckland, from L-R: Michelle Blanchard, Louise Wallace, Anne Batley Burton, Gilda Kirkpatrick, Julia Sloane and Angela Stone. Photo: Carmen Bird
Watch the trailer for RHOA in the next video – gallery continues.
Meet The Real Housewives of Auckland
Chrystal Chenery and Ricky Cave. Photo: Carmen Bird
Mark Harrison and Kenzie McFadyen. Photo: Carmen Bird
Gilda Kirkpatrick and Michelle Blanchard. Photo: Carmen Bird
Kent Harrison and Roma Bhola. Photo: Carmen Bird
Gilda Kirkpatrick and Michelle Blanchard. Photo: Carmen Bird
Marina Treadaway and Gerrard Barton. Photo: Carmen Bird
Martin Schiebel, Jacqui Ansin and Jon Ramage. Photo: Carmen Bird
Gilda Kirkpatrick. Photo: Carmen Bird
Nasim Pourian Far, Teuila Blakely and Chrystal Chenery.
Gilda Kirkpatrick with her children’s books.
Hilly Van Der Werff and Ruwan Siriwardena. Photo: Carmen Bird
Naz Khanjani and Soraya Sabetian. Photo: Carmen Bird
Naz Khanjani and Soraya Sabetian.
Vince Hattie and Nasim Pourian. Photo: Carmen Bird
Lucan (Gilda Kirkpatrick’s son) gets stuck into the book! Photo: Carmen Bird
Julia Sloane. Photo: Carmen Bird
Teulia Blakely and Reuben Wiremu. Photo: Carmen Bird
Julia Sloane. Photo: Carmen Bird
Michelle Blanchard, Louise Wallace and Gilda Kirkpatrick. Photo: Carmen Bird
Michelle Blanchard, Louise Wallace, Gilda Kirkpatrick and Julia Sloane.
Micheal Boulgaris and Jacqui Ansin. Photo: Carmen Bird
Michelle Blanchard, Louise Wallace, Gilda Kirkpatrick and Julia Sloane. Photo: Carmen Bird
Gilda Kirkpatrick and her son Lucan. Photo: Carmen Bird
Kenzie McFadyen and Mark Harrison. Photo: Carmen Bird
Anne Batley Burton and Richard Burton. Photo: Carmen Bird
Naz Khanjani and Michael Boulgaris. Photo: Carmen Bird
Michelle Blanchard, Louise Wallace, Julia Sloane, Anne Batley Burton and Gilda Kirkpatrick. Photo: Carmen Bird
Naz Khanjani and Chrystal Chenery. Photo: Carmen Bird
The feisty former Bachelorettes look very friendly indeed! Photo: Carmen Bird
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Naz Khanjani and Gilda Kirkpatrick. Photo: Carmen Bird
Julia Sloane and Angela Stone. Photo: Carmen Bird
Photo: Carmen Bird
Michelle Blanchard, Anne Batley Burton, Louise Wallace and Angela Stone. Photo: Carmen Bird
