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TV’s best and worst of 2013

This was a year when we caught a glimpse of the country as it could be: diverse, tolerant, eloquent, humorous and brave – with the odd dickhead to liven things up.

By The Listener In Television

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12th December, 2013
2013. Dear oh dear. It was a year that couldn’t keep its mouth shut; a year that couldn’t keep its pants on. It was a year that was, according to various high-profile confessions, off its head. It was a year of stormy weather. New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser set the generally deplorable tone, ranting about “Wogistan”. Former National Party MP Aaron Gilmore bowed out with a television apology for our times: “If there was a dickhead that night, it was me.” It was the year of the dickhead. Even way too much information about Len Brown and the Ngati Whatua room ...

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