Hamish McKenzie - Columnists

Experiencing El Cosmico, Texas

Issue 3756 5th May 2012

Little surprises make a tiny Texas town stick in the imagination.

Issue 3750 24th Mar 2012

It’s been called “the biggest social change of the last 50 years that we’ve failed to name”, and we’ve hardly begun to plan for it.

Issue 3746 25th Feb 2012

TVNZ’s US correspondent of the past six years is returning to New Zealand a changed man.

Issue 3743 4th Feb 2012

The US blogger and author is that increasingly rare thing: an outspoken critic of a culture of impunity in US politics and business.

Issue 3742 28th Jan 2012

Hamish McKenzie outlines Sir Peter Jackson's campaign for the release of three convicted American child killers.

Issue 3739 7th Jan 2012

Humans’ instinct for belief in a higher being can be trouble, says research psychologist Jesse Bering.

Issue 3732 19th Nov 2011

Do Kiwi men have the potential to become world beard- and moustache-growing champions?

Issue 3731 11th Nov 2011

The American actor discusses his stand-out roles in Boardwalk Empire and The Wire.

Issue 3702 23rd Apr 2011

At the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas, the Naked and Famous and other Kiwi bands are making a splash.

Issue 3693 19th Feb 2011

'I'm no great expert in the sociology of gang violence, but I know that having more guns doesn't solve the problem, it just makes it worse.'