Number One in New Zealand
As a freelance writer, you sometimes find yourself gamely taking on gigs outside the bounds of your usual genre. It’s like trying a new sport and secretly wondering whether this might be the one that takes you to the Olympics. This is how I came to find myself interviewing a Pointer Sister over the phone in my car three years ago, going for solid gold while parked on a side street in Hamilton.
It was for a piece about a big festival. All the headliners were international acts, but I had a few New Zealand bands on my roster of interviews, too. Despite being a fan of many New Zealand
