As we say goodbye to 2019 and welcome in 2020, it's a good time to catch up on the very best of the Herald columnists we enjoyed reading over the last 12 months. From politics to sport, from business to entertainment and lifestyle, these are the voices and views ouraudience loved the most. Today it's the top five from entertainment columnist Karl Puschmann.
Can you stomach John Campbell's hard-hitting Breakfast?
Back in June, much-loved broadcaster John Campbell took on the role of host of TVNZ's Breakfast. Karl Puschmann was on the scene as Campbell took his seat behind the Breakfast desk for the first time - and wondered if what we want isn't always what we get.
"There's charisma, there's star power and then there's Stevie Nicks." In August, Karl Puschmann had somewhat of a religious experience seeing Fleetwood Mac live in Auckland, with new additions Mike Campbell and Neil Finn. But it was Nicks who captivated the whole night with her "sheer mysterious magnetism".