Paul Diamond
Book review: Whatever Next? by Anne Glenconner
Paul Diamond reviews Whatever Next? by Anne Glenconner, published by Hachette Audio
Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond
Kiran Dass reviews Downfall: The Destruction of Charles Mackay by Paul Diamond, published by Massey University Press Audio
Musical Chairs: Tuini Ngawai
The Ngati Porou composer Tuini Ngāwai (1910-1965) is not well-known outside the Maori world, even though many of the 300-plus songs she composed are still sung all over Aotearoa-New Zealand. The… Video, Audio
Book review: Between Me and Myself
Paul Diamond reviews Between Me and Myself: A Memoir of Murder, Desire and the Struggle to Be Free by Sandra Willson, published by Text Publishinglson. Audio
Book review - Kārearea by Māmari Stephens
Paul Diamond reviews Kārearea by Māmari Stephens, published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio
Business commentator Pattrick Smellie
Pattrick says the Trade Window listing last week must be the most successful on the NZX for a very long time. Not only did it actually get to listing in the face of so many falling over this year, but… Audio
Book review: Too Much Money
Paul Diamond reviews Too Much Money: How Wealth Disparities Are Unbalancing Aotearoa New Zealand by Max Rashbrooke, published by Bridget Williams Books. Audio
Book review: The Survival of Māori as a People
Paul Diamond reviews The Survival of Māori as a People by Whatarangi Winiata, published by Huia Publishers. Audio
Book review - Enough Horizon: The life and work of Blanche Baug
Paul Diamond reviews Enough Horizon: The life and work of Blanche Baughan by Carol Markwell, published by Cuba Press. Audio
Book review: Rangikura by Tayi Tibble
Paul Diamond reviews Rangikura by Tayi Tibble, published by VUP. Audio
Book review: Hinemihi: Te Hokinga - The Return
Paul Diamond reviews Hinemihi: Te Hokinga - The Return by Hamish Coney and Dr Keri-Anne Wikitera, published by Rim Books. Audio
Book review - Marks of Identity: New Zealand Logos 1960-80
Paul Diamond reviews Marks of Identity: New Zealand Logos 1960-80 by Hamish Thompson. Published by Hamish Thompson. Audio
Book review - Wars Without End by Danny Keenan
Paul Diamond reviews Wars Without End: New Zealand’s Land Wars â€" A MÄori Perspective by Danny Keenan, published by Penguin Random House. Audio
Paul Diamond's best books of 2020
Paul Diamond with his three top reads from 2020: He Pukapuka TÄtaku i NgÄ Mahi a Te Rauparaha Nui / A Record of the Life of the Great Te Rauparaha by Ross Calman (Auckland University Press, $59.99) A… Audio
Book review - Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde
Paul Diamond reviews Shining Land: Looking for Robin Hyde by Paula Morris and Haru Sameshima. This book is published by Massey University Press. Audio
Book review - Fire Country
Paul Diamond reviews Fire Country: How Indigenous Fire Management Could Save Australia by Victor Steffenson, published by Explore Australia Publishing. Audio
Paul Diamond at the Berlin film festival
It's one of the Big Three European Film Festivals, along with the fiercely business-like Cannes Festival, and the more high-minded Venice one. Audio
Pukana Exhibition showcases iconic Maori performances
The National Library has turned back the clock in its latest exhibition which showcases some of the country's most iconic Maori performances of the past few decades. Stars including Tina Cross joined… Audio
Pukana - centuries of Maori performance
From Maori origin stories to te reo thrash metal - a new exhibition is canvassing Maori performance over the centuries. Pukana: moments in Maori performance at the National Library in Wellington… Audio
How cartoonists framed Waitangi Day
Newspaper cartoonists job is to cast a critical eye on what’s going on and sum it up in images that can be understood at a glance at that time. But author Paul Diamond tells Colin Peacock cartoons… Audio, Gallery