NZ Listener flies high at Qantas Awards

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May 18, 2007

NZ Listener flies high at Qantas Awards

NZ Listener has been voted Best News-Stand Magazine at the Qantas Media Awards 2007 and the magazine’s writers have won six other awards

The Listener was also a finalist in the Magazine Cover category.

Features editor and the Black Page columnist Joanne Black won the Best Editorial Writer and the magazine itself Best News-Stand Magazine.

Political columnist Jane Clifton has two wins, best columnist and the politics sub-category for Metal Fatigue in an April 2006 Listener. The article questioned whether or not Labour’s political engine needed an overhaul.

Deputy editor Denis Welch’s The Disarming of New Zealand article in a May 2006 Listener won Best Government, Diplomacy & Foreign Affairs sub category of the Magazine Feature Writer section. The article questioned how much honour we are paying our veterans.

Former Listener writer Nick Smith won the General sub-category of the Magazine Feature Writer section with a cover story titled Get Smart in a May 2006 edition.

Pain in Paradise by Sarah Barnett won her the Pacific Islands Issues - Pacific Cooperation Foundation Award. The May 2006 article examined the aids crisis in Papua New Guinea where the World Health Organisation has declared the disease a generalised epidemic.

New Zealand Listener editor Pamela Stirling paid tribute to the hard work and creativity of its staff.

“A couple of years ago we sat down and worked out how we could honour the past but move forward to create a magazine that responds to what our sophisticated, influential readers want – compelling stories with insight , that bring a New Zealand perspective on the world.

“I think we are on the way to achieving that and it seems that the Qantas judges agree. The New Zealand Listener has won this award thanks to a dedicated, passionate and talented team,” Ms Stirling says.

NZ Listener Facts & Figures:
The Listener is the country's only national, weekly current affairs and entertainment magazine. It covers the political, cultural and literary life of the country, as well as carrying television and radio programme listings for the main national broadcasters.

Launched in 1939, the Listener is published by NZ Magazines, a division of APN Specialist Publications NZ Ltd which is a wholly owned subsidiary of APN Holdings NZ Ltd.

Circulation 71,508
Total 10+ Readership 313,000
Cover price: $3.80
Published every Saturday – on sale previous Sunday
National Print Run – 110,000
Subscriptions – 43,000 (included in the above)
* Source: NMR National Readership Survey July 2005 – June 2006
ABC Audited Circulation

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About NZ Magazines
NZ Magazines, a division of APN National Publishing owns an expanding range of magazine titles, including New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, The New Zealand Listener and Creme magazine

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