 Part of Wishart's first book, "The Paradise Conspiracy", was loosely reworked as a feature film, "Spooked", starring Cliff Curtis and directed by Geoff Murphy.After leaving TVNZ, Wishart covered the Winebox enquiry for the "National Business Review", the "Waikato Times", the "Evening Post", the Christchurch "Press" and other daily newspapers.He has also written for the "New Zealand Herald", "The Sunday Star-Times" and "Metro" magazine.