David Horsley: the face on the Listener cover

TVNZ's Mark Crysell catches up with the man who memorably featured on our cover a year ago.

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25th February, 2012

Christchurch earthquake

The earth may have exploded with devastating violence, and buildings may have disintegrated into deadly ruins, but think about the Christchurch earthquake and it’s the faces you remember. David Horsley’s face – stunned, bloodied and bandaged – ended up on the cover of the Listener. “I don’t know how long I sat there in Latimer Square,” he says. “I don’t know when the picture was taken.” Remarkably, despite standing right next to the lift shaft of the CTV Building when the quake struck, Horsley escaped with just five stitches on each side of his head. “As ...

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