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Public Address 15/01/04 - Fun And Games
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 3:56 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Anybody else caught the Maori Television Service showreel on channel 33 on Sky Digital? Anybody else think that, on that showing, MTS will be well worth a look? I'm glad they've made the decision to produce popular television: Marae DIY and all... More >>
Public Address 29/12/03 - Holiday Reading 1
Monday, 29 December 2003, 3:24 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
For a town that has noticeably emptied out for the holidays, Auckland does seem to be offering rather a lot of New Year's Eve action. Me, I'm booked for a grown-up's evening at home, with the option of a dart up to Ponsonby Road later on if things... More >>
Public Address 23/12/03 – Summer
Tuesday, 23 December 2003, 12:18 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Of the things that warmed my heart this past weekend, none was toastier than the sight of Daniel Vettori making his maiden test century in front of a home crowd in Hamilton. He still displays the odd goony-bird flourish, but the shots he played ... More >>
Public Address 22/12/03 - Liberty And Justice
Monday, 22 December 2003, 11:16 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I don't know who writes ACT MP Muriel Newman's press releases, but they're on to a winning formula. My favourite titles to date: "Stop Beating Around The Child Support Bush" "The Grinch who stole hard-working families' Christmas" ... More >>
Public Address 19/12/03 - Out And About
Friday, 19 December 2003, 12:42 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So I gatecrash this going-off Christmas party and I've been there five minutes when Hugh Sundae rides in on a Segway. I've never seen one before. "You should have a turn," someone says... More >>
Public Address 18/12/03 - Culturing
Thursday, 18 December 2003, 2:28 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
When he's bad, Holmes can be awful. When he's good, as he was during last night's Holmes show discussion on the foreshore proposal, he's a useful citizen. There was a sense of seriousness not always present in that programme, and that was good... ... More >>
Public Address 17/12/03 - Approaching
Wednesday, 17 December 2003, 11:43 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
You can expect the respective judgements on the government's long-delayed proposal on the foreshore and seabed issue today to vary so widely as to create the impression that they being ventured on completely different documents... More >>
Public Address 16/12/03 - Reports
Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 10:27 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
This week, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (or LOTR:ROTK as fans refer to it) opens to the public worldwide, but here in Wellington we've been catching tantalising glimpses of it for quite a while... More >>
Public Address 15/12/03 - History Pivots
Monday, 15 December 2003, 11:53 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
The thing that struck me is how different a weekend it could have been - if Saddam had somehow stayed safe in his hole and the terrorists had killed Musharaf. Although it has inevitably been swamped by news of Saddam's capture, the Pakistani leader ... More >>
Public Address 12/12/03 - Bad Things And Good
Friday, 12 December 2003, 12:48 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I guess if I was Steve Williams' lawyer I'd have my client say "the P made me do it" too. It certainly makes for good headlines. But what's his excuse for the other 88 convictions?... More >>
Public Address 11/12/03 - Supplementary Questions
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 12:11 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Much of the Opposition to the new trans-Tasman regime on dietary supplements has been, frankly, quite self-serving - and it has come from people not normally noted for their sympathy towards businesses struggling with regulatory burden... More >>
Public Address 09/12/03 - Local Bodycount
Tuesday, 9 December 2003, 2:06 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
It's exactly a year since the Auckland City Council sold half its shares in Auckland Airport, allowing the mayor, John Banks, to brag incessantly that the council was debt-free. The council got $4.90 for its 38 million shares. Last night they closed ... More >>
Public Address 08/12/03 - Officially Official
Monday, 8 December 2003, 1:09 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Well, we seem to be getting a bit closer to the precise nature of the threat posed by Ahmed Zaoui. Strike out "terrorist", "physical threat" and "means us harm" and put a ring around "might p*ss off the French"... More >>
Public Address 05/12/03 - Friday Flash
Friday, 5 December 2003, 1:39 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
I asked earlier this week if someone could shed more light on the controversial tax dodge associated with the production of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Yes, I realise that much of it was traversed in Gordon Campbell's Listener story, but I didn't have ... More >>
Public Address 04/12/03 - Silliness
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 2:27 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Yay. Quoted in Parliament yesterday. I like it when that happens. Although I have a couple of high-profile media gigs, this blog is principally compiled with resources available to any Internet-connected citizen, so it's nice to occasionally get a word ... More >>
Public Address 03/12/03 - Lies And Desire
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 1:55 pm | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
If I were to say what I really thought of New Zealand First's 'Whose Country Is It Anyway?' leaflet things might get unseemly. So let's just observe that Winston Peters is a coward and a bully and his party is the home of fear, failure and resentment... More >>
Public Address 02/12/03 - No Spoilers
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 12:33 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So I saw the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Unlike Russell Baillie, who seems genuinely torn between his duty to let the people know what's going on, and sticking to his contractual obligations not to, I have no such dilemma... More >>
Public Address 01/12/03 - Arrivals And Departures
Monday, 1 December 2003, 11:46 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
What with all the hoopla, it was proper that someone should play devil's advocate, but Peter Calder's sceptical look at The Lord of the Rings phenomenon in the Weekend Herald's Canvas magazine bugged me for a couple of reasons... More >>
Public Address 28/11/03 - All You Need To Know
Friday, 28 November 2003, 12:26 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
Steve in the area: the rumour that Apple Computer and Pixar chief Steve Jobs will be at next week's Return of the King premiere would seem to be bolstered by the fact that he's already on the right side of the Pacific Ocean... More >>
Public Address 27/11/03 - Pastoral Masters
Thursday, 27 November 2003, 11:39 am | HARD NEWS from Russell Brown
So we have another media blog. Excellent. Welcome aboard, MediaCow, although I note that the author has taken the rather burdensome path of adopting a third-party persona, and worse, a non-gendered one. I can never quite understand why people do that... More >>
