24 Jun 2021

The Rest Is History: Launch of The Listener in 1939

From Lately, 10:32 pm on 24 June 2021

Tonight we look back in time to 1939 when the first issue of the Listener was published

It's almost a year since the Listener was relaunched after its near death experience when Bauer Media dumped its New Zealand stable of magazines during lockdown last year.

One of those who has edited the Listener along the way is Finlay Macdonald. He joins Karyn to look back at that first issue and the way things were back then.

First issue of The Listener

First issue of The Listener Photo: Alexander Turnbull Library