RichardHarman
- Journalist
- Producer
Veteran newsman Richard Harman began his career at Auckland University student mag Craccum. As a long-time political reporter for TVNZ, he reported on the Rainbow Warrior bombing and the passing of the baton from Muldoon to Lange — also the subject of his award-winning documentary Five Days in July. In 1999 Harman founded company Front Page, where he launched current affairs shows Agenda and The Nation.
Screenography
Biography
Veteran journalist Richard Harman has been reporting and making programmes about the issues of the day for more than three decades.
Harman’s motivation to study for an architecture degree was a desire to escape hometown Hamilton, and Waikato University. It was the late 60s, and words soon won out over architecture. While doing design work for Auckland University's Craccum, Harman began writing articles for the publication as well. He also worked part-time driving trucks for papers Truth and Sunday News. As he told Karl du Fresne in a 2014 Listener interview, “it was an incredibly colourful place, full of enthusiasm and passion, though we seemed to spend an awful amount of time at the pub.”
Awards
1995 New Zealand Film and TV Awards
Best Documentary: Five Days in July
“Most people who turned up for an interview on The Nation had gone through a session of media training before they came in — a dress rehearsal. That made it much more challenging for the interviewer.”