Chris Barton

Guest writer

Chris Barton teaches part-time at the Auckland School of Architecture. He was founding editor of New Zealand PC World and a feature writer at the New Zealand Herald. His many awards include the Wolfson Press Fellowship (2005) and Canon Media Awards Reviewer of the Year (2014). Chris was born in Tenterden, England in 1955.

The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, also called the Holocaust Memorial, in Berlin (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

‘Where have you been?’: An essay on heritage, the holocaust, and architecture

Chris Barton writes about his own profound experience - and life-changing revelations - when he accompanied his partner Diana Wichtel to the Nazi death camps.

By Chris Barton | 10th July, 2018

The Monday extract: Being made redundant by the Herald, and other tales of modern journalism

The Monday extract: Being made redundant by the Herald, and other tales of modern journalism

A personal essay by veteran journalist Chris Barton on what it's like to be made redundant by the Herald - and his fears for any kind of intelligent, long-form writing in mainstream media.

By Chris Barton | 7th November, 2016