Joseph Romanos (born 1957) is a New Zealand journalist, author and broadcaster focusing mainly on sport.

Life and career

Romanos attended St Patrick's College in

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. His father Richie Romanos played

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for

in the 1951–52

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season. Romanos has worked on a number of New Zealand newspapers. In 2008 he became editor of ''

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'' and in 2012 he also became '' The Dominion Post's'' Metro chief reporter. He was the

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's executive director from 1995 to 1998. Romanos and his wife Gael Woods have four children. Together with Phil Murray, the couple founded the publishing house Trio Books in 2003. In October 2016, Romanos joined the

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as Chief Advisor to Justin Lester in the Mayor's Office. In January 2017, while driving from

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, he and Lester were involved in a crash. All the passengers walked away unhurt, however the Council vehicle they were travelling in was damaged beyond repair.

Books

As sole author

*'' Chris Lewis: All the Way to Wimbledon'' 1984 *''Makers of Champions: Great NZ Coaches'' 1987 *''Famous Fullbacks'' 1989 *''Famous Flankers'' 1990 *''Great New Zealand Cricket Families: A Celebration'' 1992 *''A Century of Great New Zealand Cricketers'' 1993 *''Arthur's Boys: The Golden Era of New Zealand Athletics'' 1994 *''Tortured Genius'' 1995 (on

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) *''Black'' 1997 (a novel) *'' John Reid: A Cricketing Life'' 2000 *'' Merv Wallace: A Cricket Master'' 2000 *''Judas Game: The Betrayal of New Zealand Rugby'' 2002 *''Great Sporting Rivals'' 2004 *''Cricket Confidential: The Game's Greatest Players, Matches and Disputes'' 2005 *''New Zealand's Top 100 History-Makers'' 2005, 2008 *''New Zealand's Top 100 Sports History-Makers'' 2006 *''Winning Ways: Champion New Zealand Coaches Reveal Their Secrets'' 2007 *''Our Olympic Century'' 2008 *''Cricket Portraits: A Century of New Zealand's Best'' 2008 *''Long or Short?: The Story of New Zealand Squash'' 2010 *''100 Māori Sports Heroes'' 2012 *''Unforgettable: Defining Moments in New Zealand Sport'' 2014

As co-author

*''100 Great Rugby Characters'' (with Grant Harding; illustrations by

Murray Webb Murray George Webb (born 22 June 1947) is a prominent New Zealand caricature artist and a former New Zealand Test cricketer. He was born at Invercargill in 1947 and educated at Timaru Boys' High School.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers ...

) 1991 *''Champions: New Zealand Sports Greats of the 20th Century'' (with Ron Palenski) 2000 *''The Basin: An Illustrated History of the Basin Reserve'' (with

Don Neely Donald Owen Neely (21 December 1935 – 16 June 2022) was a New Zealand cricket historian, administrator and player. He served as president of New Zealand Cricket and wrote or co-wrote over 30 books on New Zealand cricket. Early life Neely wa ...

) 2003 *''Lancaster Park: An Illustrated History'' (with Don Neely) 2006 *''No Ordinary Man: The Remarkable Life of Arthur Porritt'' (with Graeme Woodfield) 2008 *''Capital People: The Best of the Wellingtonian Interviews'' (with Rebecca Thomson) 2011

As editor

*''The Big Black Netball Book'' (with Gael Woods) 1992 *''Sporting Life: The Best of Broadcaster, Peter Sellers'' 1992 *''We Knocked the Bastard Off: Great New Zealand Sports Quotes'' 1994 *''I'm Absolutely Buggered: More Great New Zealand Sports Quotes'' 1994 *''Radio Sport New Zealand Sporting Records & Lists'' 2001

As collaborator with principal author

*''Lois Muir on Netball'' (by Lois Muir) 1985 *''Fastbreak'' (by John Dybvig) 1986 *''John Dybvig on Basketball'' (by John Dybvig) 1987 *''The Innings of a Lifetime'' (by Walter Hadlee) 1993 *''Sandra Edge: Full Circle: An Autobiography'' (by Sandra Edge) 1995 *''Striking Out'' (by Kevin Herlihy) 1997 *''Legends of the All Blacks: One: The Book of the Series'' (by Keith Quinn) 1999 *''Outrageous Rugby Moments: Stories of Controversy, Humour, Scandal and Disgrace'' (by Keith Quinn) 2001 *''Outrageous Cricket Moments: The Underhanded, the Undermined, the Underperforming and, of Course, the Underarm'' (by

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) 2003

References

External links

Catalogue
at the

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Trio Books: Joseph Romanos
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