He has worked in newspapers, magazines and radio for over 30 years, winning awards for journalism and feature writing.
[4] Newman also wrote the article in Te Ara, the New Zealand Government online encyclopaedia, about the Ratana movement.
The resulting book Connecting the Clouds – The Internet in New Zealand (Activity Press 2008) is also published as a wiki and available free under a Creative Commons license.
[9] Newman has written, produced and narrated over 20 programmes for Radio New Zealand National's Musical Chairs series, mainly dealing with pop and rock musicians from the period of the 1960s and 1970s, predominantly those who had recording success locally and toured offshore.
[10] Newman is the chairman of the WOW (Walking on Water) lobby group, which is particularly concerned with coastal erosion in the Haumoana beach area where he lives.