Joe Bennett

Joe Bennett's weekly column is a delight. In a media world dominated by opinion pieces, influencers, pompous "reckons' and trivial drivel, Joe seems happy to provide short , funny - often thoughtful - pieces to lighten our day. Or at least he did. Like so many South Island luminaries at the moment, he's succumbed to the urge to write a memoir. It's called From There to Here - a journey both figurative and literal, with a subplot he describes as "a long and fruitless struggle against teaching for a living". Joe Bennett looks back with Simon Morris.