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Public Address 23/03/10 - Everybody get rational
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 5:27 pm | Public Address
I resolved to try and take a measured approach to the suggestion that some conservation land could be mined – and not to respond on the basis of what I merely thought I knew. But the more I do know, the less I like the idea. If we're to embrace... More >>
Public Address 22/03/10 - The Internet in NZ
Monday, 22 March 2010, 8:24 pm | Public Address
The Internet in New Zealand | Mar 22, 2010 11:27 Russell Brown's Hard News It's been an interesting month or two for the internet in New Zealand; both grand sums of money and big ideas are at stake. For the former, there's the government's $300 ... More >>
Public Address 19/03/10 - Ready for the Weekend
Friday, 19 March 2010, 3:57 pm | Public Address
I love the new Hot Chip Chip album, and I'm over the freakin' moon about the new Peter Serafinowicz-directed video for 'I Feel Better''. I won't attempt to describe it: just go look. Meanwhile, it cannot go unremarked that three of the five finalists ... More >>
Public Address 09/03/10 - Summer Feelings
Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 1:53 pm | Public Address
That Summer! | Mar 09, 2010 12:24 Russell Brown's Hard News I noticed last week that people were venturing sorrowfully about the end of summer. And yes, although we've got another six or eight weeks of pretty decent weather, the autumnal chill ... More >>
Public Address 5/03/10 - Your Whining Is Important
Friday, 5 March 2010, 4:05 pm | Public Address
Your Whining Is Important to Us | Mar 05, 2010 13:49 Emma Hart has Not Achieved. At the start of this year, I decided to consciously take a new, experimental approach to my internet interactions. No Safeties '10 meant being less paranoid (or 'cautious') ... More >>
Public Address 04/03/10 - Dropping the Ball
Thursday, 4 March 2010, 5:04 pm | Public Address
Dropping the Ball | Mar 04, 2010 11:34 Russell Brown's Hard News There are times in government when you're obliged to depict a great, steaming pile of dung as a compelling new bulk organic product. Yesterday's announcement of a Rugby World Cup TV deal was ... More >>
Public Address 01/03/10 - Absolutely Fabian
Monday, 1 March 2010, 3:33 pm | Public Address
When the International Monetary Fund says that our central bank should also focus on controlling the exchange rate and not just have a narrow monetarist focus on inflation, we know for sure that the so-called "best practice orthodoxy' of the last twenty ... More >>
Public Address 26/02/10 - Fun like the old days
Friday, 26 February 2010, 4:12 pm | Public Address
Computerworld editor Rob O'Neill sent me the link to this story about an apology from a state minister for suggesting that a government website was hacked by Sydney Morning Herald journalists, who obtained a confidential transport strategy document. ... More >>
Public Address 22/02/10 - The numbers on RNZ
Monday, 22 February 2010, 5:48 pm | Public Address
"Creative" and "Flexible" | Feb 22, 2010 11:17 Russell Brown's Hard News I expect to be taking a closer look at the Radio New Zealand funding controversy as the week goes on, but now is probably a good time to note a widespread error in ... More >>
Public Address 19/2/10: No problems, only solvents
Friday, 19 February 2010, 2:32 pm | Public Address
So, what do you think of New Zealand so far? | Feb 19, 2010 11:12 David Slack would do almost anything for an underwater travelator. I don't care to be railroaded. The Auckland landscape is littered with the debris of last-minute plans. Nonetheless, ... More >>
Public Address 10/02/10 - Tax-cut zombies
Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 1:49 pm | Public Address
Tax cut zombies | Feb 10, 2010 09:58 Keith Ng: Fire is totally the answer Dear DomPost. Your headline today, in very large letters, said "$4b in tax cuts coming". People might read that, and think that there are $4b in tax cuts coming. Except that ... More >>
Public Address 05/02/10 - Hell's Bells
Friday, 5 February 2010, 2:30 pm | Public Address
Mike and I climbed the stairs to the private function room. At the top we were greeted by the media liaison. We exchanged names and hellos and she asked "Are you bloggers?" I'm not sure what gave it away but I agreed with her guess, Mike is of course a... More >>
Public Address 26/01/10 - We still died
Tuesday, 26 January 2010, 2:58 pm | Public Address
We still died at each other's hand | Jan 26, 2010 10:59 Russell Brown's Hard News This month two years ago, there were 10 murders and a moral panic. Police minister Annette King found a mildly unfortunate way of saying that we tend to suffer a high ... More >>
Public Address 22/01/10 -Space for Ol Dat I See
Friday, 22 January 2010, 4:30 pm | Public Address
Space for Ol Dat I See | Jan 22, 2010 12:42 Russell Brown's Hard News I've been riding this summer, on the road and elsewhere. And although the blessed Auckland exodus made the roads a quieter place this month, elsewhere is still often a more ... More >>
Public Address 14/01/10 - Google v China
Thursday, 14 January 2010, 2:02 pm | Public Address
Google to Embargo China | Jan 13, 2010 22:27 Keith Ng gets back OnPoint Current status @ 07:20 NZT, 02:20 Beijing time, 14-01-10: Still conflicting reports coming out. It could be that Google has already lifted its own censorship measures. Or it ... More >>
Public Address 07/01/10 - Ayn Rand, 2010 & the BDO
Thursday, 7 January 2010, 1:56 pm | Public Address
Hey. Happy New Year. Goodbye 'noughties'. (How did we end up with that one? It's like that sh*t idea that stuck only because no-one else came up with anything better and then it was too late). Hello ... um, "tweenies"? "teens?" Let's stick a pin in ... More >>
Public Address 30/12/09 - The Media7 NYE special
Wednesday, 30 December 2009, 5:19 pm | Public Address
First, a brief promotional message: Should you be in need of either a rev-up or respite at 9.10pm on New Year's Eve, please do join us for the Media7 NYE Special. It takes the form of a loosely structured debate on the contention that "it's still a man's ... More >>
Public Address 22/12/09 - You're all fabulous
Tuesday, 22 December 2009, 3:07 pm | Public Address
There's a lot to worry about in the world. But I'm just not there for it this week. Instead, I'm all about the music. And there is very good news there: after very protracted negotiations, Roger Shepherd has finally re-acquired the Flying Nun label and catalogue ... More >>
Public Address 14/12/09 - your right and duty
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:31 am | Public Address
people of New Zealand! It has come to my attention that Democracy is Under Attack in this country -- and the only way you can fight back is to participate in a good-natured online poll on the top words and phrases of 2009. Go here, quickly, and vote... More >>
Public Address 11/12/09 - Getting out of archives
Friday, 11 December 2009, 1:09 pm | Public Address
The major news angle out of the Television New Zealand Amendment Bill has, understandably, been its shooing-out of the Charter in favour of only the most vestigial of public broadcasting obligations. But there's something genuinely innovative there too: Part ... More >>
