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Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition
Thursday, 20 September 2001, 9:49 am | Hon Simon Upton
In this issue: Upton-on-line reports on some of the ripples the terrorist attacks in the US have created on his side of the Atlantic. More >>
Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition 30 Aug 2001
Thursday, 30 August 2001, 10:45 am | Hon Simon Upton
It is the end of the summer holiday season in France. Holidays have been going on more or less since May when a rash of public holidays prepare people for the tidal wave of closures and reduced services that finally bring life to a standstill in ... More >>
Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition
Thursday, 9 August 2001, 8:48 am | Hon Simon Upton
…upton-on-line takes a deep breath and tries to say something non-anaesthetic about the recently released report of the Royal Commission on Genetic Modification . But in case some readers feel their eyes glazing over at its mention, he offers two quick ... More >>
Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition
Friday, 27 July 2001, 9:53 am | Hon Simon Upton
Upton-on-line opines on the significance of the Kyoto Protocol in its latest incarnation and muses on whether Italian entrepreneurs in San Gimigniano would survive the Resource Management Act . More >>
Upton-on-line - Something To Celebrate
Monday, 2 July 2001, 10:05 am | Hon Simon Upton
…which is mercifully short, upton-on-line reflects on France’s glossiest new toy, the recently inaugurated TGV service to Marseilles, some broader mobility issues and fresh torments for Premier Lionel Jospin. More >>
Upton-on-line - Diaspora Edition
Thursday, 7 June 2001, 9:18 am | Hon Simon Upton
How the French spend their holiday weekends, a new sub-plot in the long-running Opéra de Chirac and related scandals; and some (far too lengthy) ruminations on the report of the National Party’s Constitutional Taskforce (not exactly a triumph), Maori Representation ... More >>
Upton-on-line: Sustainable Development Edition
Thursday, 17 May 2001, 10:56 am | Hon Simon Upton
This is the edition many readers will have been dreading. An entire issue devoted to Sustainable Development. But it is the issue upton-on-line grapples with by day at the OECD. And this is the week in which Finance & Environment Ministers from ... More >>
Upton-On-Line - Diaspora Edition
Thursday, 26 April 2001, 10:43 am | Hon Simon Upton
In this issue: We consider the completely different way in which political drama is played out in France, the way in which bi-lateral relations are nurtured by countries with a serious approach to foreign relations, and agriculture as culture – the ingenious ... More >>
Upton Online: Tourism, Global Warming And PR
Thursday, 5 April 2001, 9:23 am | Hon Simon Upton
In this issue… Some reflections on New Zealand tourism (with all the benefit of distance), climate change (political rather than meteorological) and proportional representation with style – the French way… More >>
Upton-on-line: Diaspora Edition
Thursday, 15 March 2001, 10:18 am | Hon Simon Upton
Direct from Paris' 6th Arrondissement comes the first edition of upton-on-line for 2001. Upton-on-line has been off-line for two months now trying to furnish an unfurnished apartment (which in France means supplying everything from curtain tracks to light ... More >>
Upton-on-line December 15th
Friday, 15 December 2000, 2:38 pm | Hon Simon Upton
A hectic round of loose end tying brings upton-on-line to the end of 2000 and the last edition from the motherland. 42 years on the same farm (that’s all of them by the way), 17 years in the same house and 19 years of political detritus accumulating ... More >>
Upton-on-line December 8th
Friday, 8 December 2000, 9:08 am | Hon Simon Upton
Today’s issue is devoted in its entirety to some ruminations upton-on-line offered to some Wellington-based upton-on-line readers at a function hosted by Wellington’s Mayor, Mark Blumsky and sponsored by Sue Wood & Associates. It was on the (overly ... More >>
Upton-on-line December 1st
Friday, 1 December 2000, 9:40 am | Hon Simon Upton
Upton-on-line returns after a brief time in Washington where he learnt about the distinction between ‘dimpled’ and ‘pregnant’ chads (he rather favoured the ‘swinging’ variety); and The Hague, where he was able to dispense bonhomie and bandages to Pete ... More >>
Upton-on-line November 10th
Friday, 10 November 2000, 11:28 am | Hon Simon Upton
This is upton-on-line’s last issue until December 1st. He will be overseas, leaving the next two issues in the hands of english-temporarily-on-line. Upton-on-line returns for December before disappearing forever into a linguistic Bermuda triangle that ... More >>
Upton-on-line November 3rd
Friday, 3 November 2000, 10:00 am | Hon Simon Upton
It is fascinating that last week’s speech about the C grade contribution of the media to our national life has not, to upton-on-line’s knowledge, received a shred of coverage (save passing reference in Frank Haden’s Sunday column). Upton-on-line had vacillated ... More >>
Upton-on-line October 27th
Friday, 27 October 2000, 3:44 pm | Hon Simon Upton
The mental space normally reserved for putting upton-on-line to bed was gobbled up this week by a speaking engagement – addressing the curiously named National Press Club. With the exception of Frank Haden, upton-on-line couldn’t see any members of ... More >>
Is the Media Helping Drive NZers Overseas
Wednesday, 25 October 2000, 2:21 pm | Hon Simon Upton
For some months now, New Zealand has been wracked by one of its periodic bouts of national self-doubt. We have begun, once again, to question whether we’re viable as a nation. It’s not the first time we’ve been through this sort of crisis of confidence. ... More >>
Upton-on-line October 20th
Friday, 20 October 2000, 1:03 pm | Hon Simon Upton
Strange speculations (and some out-right fantasising) have caused upton-on-line to disclose the forthcoming transmorgrification of this publication. By a process of neural re-engineering that is still awaiting FDA approval (and could yet be stopped ... More >>
Upton-on-line October 6th
Friday, 13 October 2000, 10:24 am | Hon Simon Upton
News that a 74 year old pensioner has been convicted for cultivating cannabis and possessing it for supply has brought upton-on-line up with a start. He did it as a protest against the fact that the Housing Corporation would not concrete his drive. More >>
Upton-on-line: Olympic Kitsch and Closing The Gaps
Friday, 6 October 2000, 3:20 pm | Hon Simon Upton
When you know you’re totally out-classed, the only thing left to do is offer undiluted praise to the victors. This New Zealand has been doing with uncharacteristic fervour. Normally prickly about Australian prowess, New Zealanders have swallowed several ... More >>
