Background
She was born in Miramar, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington.
She was born in Miramar, New Zealand, a suburb of Wellington.
University of Auckland. University of Otago.
In 1991, she obtained her medical degree from the University of Otago in Dunedin. Diploma in Obstetrics, gained at University of Auckland 1994. Published in 1999, her autobiography, Bent Not Broken, climbed to the number 4 spot on ’s Bestseller List.
Bent Not Broken is available in 6 countries and 5 languages and has been adapted into a stage play.
Life on the Lincolnshire, a sequel to Bent Not Broken, was published in In 2009, Bent Not Broken was released as an audiobook by Expanded Technologies Incorporated. The autobiographies chronicle Roche"s life experiences which include: child sex abuse, rape, travel from to as a ship stowaway, 1970’s music groupie, prostitution, homosexuality, depression, suicide, bankruptcy, drug abuse, alcoholism, medical school, author, radio personality, medical doctor, and special needs children.
In the late 1990s, Doctor Roche and Sharon Raynor hosted the weekly one-hour radio talk show, Doctor, Doctor. The show fielded a wide span of questions from the listeners encompassing topics such as medical issues, sexual orientation, depression, and discrimination.
Roche served as the physician for the Hutt Valley Special Olympics Team and has been columnist for ’s Bella Magazine.
She is a practicing physician and motivational public speaker. Lauren Roche currently practices medicine in Auckland.