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Sir Paul Holmes: Words for life

Issue Listener Plus 8th Feb 2013

In January 2012 the Listener asked Paul Holmes what advice he would give to his younger twenty-something self. This is what he wrote.

Editorial: Sir Paul Holmes (1950-2013)

in Editorial

Issue 3797 7th Feb 2013

The charismatic broadcaster changed the face of prime-time broadcasting in New Zealand.

Paul Holmes in pictures

By The Listener in Commentary

Issue Listener Plus 1st Feb 2013

A selection of photos and quotes from the life of Sir Paul Holmes.

The Listener's very first Paul Holmes interview

By David McGill in From Our Archive

Issue Listener Plus 1st Feb 2013

The year was 1973 when the Listener first met Paul Holmes - an energetic young broadcaster with a haircut as unbridled as his ambition.

Paul Holmes: A terrific vulnerability

By Diana Wichtel in Television

Issue Listener Plus 3796 31st Jan 2013

Paul Holmes talked candidly as he stared death in the face.

New Zealand: 100% elaborate reality-TV show

By Toby Manhire in The Internaut

Issue Listener Plus 29th Jan 2013

NZ-based Truman-Show-style programme’s future threatened by decision to combine two outlandish storylines.

Paul Holmes: the running man

By Diana Wichtel in From Our Archive

Issue Listener Plus 2582 19th Jan 2013

“I have always known,” said Holmes in this 1989 interview, “that I have a place in the history of New Zealand broadcasting. I plan to take it. That’s why I keep running.”

Interview: Paul Holmes

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By Diana Wichtel in Current Affairs

Issue 3749 17th Jan 2013

He remains one of our most naturally talented broadcasters, says Diana Wichtel, even if he can't keep out of trouble.

Q + Holmes

By Diana Wichtel in Television

Issue 3595 4th Apr 2009

Those were the questions, but what about the answers?

Holmes on the range

By Jane Clifton in Commentary

Issue 3439 8th Apr 2006

Paul Holmes shows every sign of being in the thick of a mid-life anti-crisis.