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In tha Hoodie | May 16, 2008 11:23
A few of us at Public Address will be wearing hoodies for Hoodie Day, Friday May 30, which is one of the events for Youth Week, May 26 to June 1. The choice of garment isn't accidental: hoodies are a sort of sartorial shorthand for stigmatisation of youth...
Don't know your past, don't know your future | May 16, 2008 10:23
Because I have been invited to participate in one of the roundtable discussions on the future and direction of the Auckland War Memorial Museum to be hosted next week by Bill Ralston, I put the word out here a week or so ago for your comments: what do you like/not...
As seen on TV | May 14, 2008 22:07
David Slack on his own account
Trevor Mallard opens the door of his van and gestures with a cheery wave for me to hop in on the passenger side.
Flying out the gates of Parliament grounds, we all but skittle a stout little fellow clasping a laptop to his chest...
Foreign bodies in Beibei Jingjing | May 14, 2008 09:22
Beijing loves a good old-fashioned crackdown. In the past year, campaigns have targeted problems from corruption and fake drugs to spitting and queue jumping, with a whole lot more in between including, ahem, Tibetan monks. Now foreigners living in China are starting to feel the heat. "Beijing Welcomes You!" chortle...
ALTered States | May 13, 2008 14:39
Damian Christie - Cracker With Attitude
Unlike some people, I might not get invited to the awards ceremonies these days, but it's still nice to hear (via Russell's blog) that we've won the Netguide Awards. So 'thanks' to everyone who voted for us. Last week I floated the idea of shutting down...
My First Stabbing | May 13, 2008 08:16
Of all the stabbings I have experienced in my life, the first stabbing is the one that I remember most fondly. Primarily because I don't remember it at all, but also because (unlike the other times) I was not the person who was stabbed. The stabbing occurred when I was...
Media beat-off | May 12, 2008 01:09
Keith Ng: Too wild for pocket protectors
It's time to pull the brakes on the latest
A series of tubes | Apr 30, 2008 15:43
Ritual excuses for blog silence first: no, I haven't been in jail, or unconscious, or on tour, or anything exciting, really. Just slowly waking up from my two year nap and attempting to establish a slender but reasonably sustainable professional life in the place...
New season | Mar 04, 2008 21:36
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic. Welcome to the world's worst television blog. A load of bloggery bollocks you might say. Actually, I've only just now managed to crawl out from under the sheer, crushing weight of the new season TV shows. Life, Grey's, Pushing Daisies, Bionic Woman, House, Lost, Dirty Sexy Money...
If it's Sunday... | Mar 03, 2008 17:46
Graeme Edgeler learns the lesson of history
The launch of TVNZ 7 – our public broadcaster's move into a dedicated factual channel – heralds Russell's true breakthrough into television, but its Wellington briefing included something rather different to whet my appetite for free-to-air digital television. The briefest of glimpses in the opening montage...
Bai bai | Dec 05, 2007 13:26
Reversing the invasion with Tze Ming Mok
After nearly three years of being the exotic dancing girl of Public Address, it's time for me to retreat behind the curtains of the champagne room. These Canto-peasant feet weren't made for stilettos. Here are the reasons for my early retirement. Some of you may remember my occasional reference to...
Jesus that cow can sing | Sep 29, 2006 08:15
Well, I guess this is goodbye. They say all good things must come to an end, and I guess they must be right. Except in Australia that is, where they say, "Go you good thing!". Which suggests they don't know when to give up. But that's another matter. Anyway. Am...
Pocabprescon Debrief | Apr 03, 2006 16:35
Keith Ng off the election trail
Helen went to some lengths to stonewall all the Cullen speculation at the Post-Cabinet Press Conference today, responding to every question with "ask him". She says that he's served her well and that she wants to keep him on for as long as possible - adding that she has every...
My Imaginary Journey | Feb 03, 2006 09:27
A.R.D FAIRBURN in a strange land
If Rex Fairburn had been writing now he would surely have been a blogger. Not one whose work fell easily on the "left" or the "right", but assuredly one who would not shrink from a good argument. "He always wanted a scrap …" wrote Denis Glover and Geoffrey Fairburn on...
That's all folks | Sep 12, 2004 23:50
In this life you get out what you put in, son. That's what I tell today's insolent youth when I bail them up on the bus with their butt-crack showing above belt-less balloon pants. Son, pull yourself together, I say. Straighten up and put something in. Don't give me that...