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The Hewitson Profile: A life in review - TV critic Diana Wichtel looks back

Michele Hewitson
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Contributing writer·New Zealand Listener·
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The Hewitson Profile: A life in review - TV critic Diana Wichtel looks back
Diana Wichtel at her Devonport, Auckland, home: Elegantly constructed sentences are her weapons of choice. Photo / Jane Ussher

Television seemed like magic to journalist Diana Wichtel. Her words were like magic to Listener readers over decades, but she had her share of hate mail, and she’s kept it all.

This is quite strange. I am about to interview the journalist and critic Diana Wichtel and I realise I

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