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Public Address 13 April 2012 - Some things to know about
Friday, 13 April 2012, 2:03 pm | Public Address
If you hadn’t heard, I’ll be chairing a discussion called Tweeting the Revolution, with Toby Manhire and Vaughn Davis, as part of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival, on Saturday May 12. We’ll be discussing the relationship between between the... More >>
Public Address 10 April 2012 - The Very Worst
Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 4:24 pm | Public Address
To be fair, the launch of a new Wellington branch of the Howard League for Penal Reform earlier this month was not a sexy headline story. But nonetheless, at least two national news organisations indicated they would attend the event… More >>
Public Address April 3, 2012 - God and the Media
Wednesday, 4 April 2012, 2:57 pm | Public Address
In general, New Zealanders have long taken a secular view of religious holidays: more of us relish the chance for a break at Easter than embrace the opportunity for contemplation. But on Media7 this week, we’re going with a Christian… More >>
Public Address 16 March 2012 - Cameras and fame
Monday, 19 March 2012, 1:14 pm | Public Address
As you might have gathered from my occasional plaintive wail, Wednesday evening was a busy one for me. First, we recorded a Media7 show on the Ports of Auckland dispute, then I ran out the door to get to Auckland Museum to host Mind Reading? The Science ... More >>
Public Address 13 March 2012 - A storm in any port
Wednesday, 14 March 2012, 12:56 pm | Public Address
Recently, I joined a new web community. I don’t mean a platform, like Facebook or Twitter, I mean a community, like Public Address. It’s been way too long since I was on the other side of the fence, and it’s weird over there. More >>
Public Address 6 March 2012 - Asset sales & unwarranted risk
Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 10:31 am | Public Address
John Key and his government are fortunate that their asset sale programme is being fronted by a minister who knows how to stay out of trouble. The sang froid that has served Tony Ryall well in the Health portfolio seems... More >>
Public Address March 2, 2012 - Magic at the Waterfront
Friday, 2 March 2012, 5:55 pm | Public Address
On Wednesday, I was obliged to try and get my head around the European debt crisis. I exchanged emails with the Law Commission over the publication of its first post on reform of media regulation, and the precise wording of… More >>
Public Address 28 February 2012 - Horror Stories
Wednesday, 29 February 2012, 10:29 am | Public Address
As unfathomable as the European debt crisis can seem, one clear moral narrative has never been far from the surface: the feckless Greeks had it coming. Their explosion of debt-fuelled public spending, their workshy, tax-dodging ways got them where they... More >>
Public Address 22 February 2012 - Chch: Nothing is yet-to-be
Thursday, 23 February 2012, 12:58 pm | Public Address
In polite conversation the other day, I discovered my counsellor was in the CTV building on the 22nd of February last year. Suddenly I felt like I shouldn’t really be bothering her. She had, as it turns out, only just started work again. More >>
Public Address 15 February 2012 - Mojo Mathers
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 5:00 pm | Public Address
The row over Parliamentary Services support for deaf Green MP Mojo Mathers should have been over shortly after 3.30pm yesterday. Well, truth be known, it should have been over long before that. There should never have been a row. More >>
Public Address 13 February 2012 - Going Postal
Thursday, 16 February 2012, 4:18 pm | Public Address
Card Sharp Public Address regular Ian Dalziel, apart from being a punster of the highest order, is a professional designer, and has a nice little side busines of making cards and postcards. We are keen to promote his wares, so... More >>
Public Address 30 January 2012
Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 4:57 pm | Public Address
The New York Times’ front-page story, In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad, is important not just because it has raised the issue of the labour practices behind Apple’s products, but because it goes some way towards explaining… More >>
Public Address 23 January 2012 - We're Back!
Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 5:54 pm | Public Address
Well, actually we've been back for a while. But here's a catch-up of post-Christmas posts on PA... Amid the storm of commentary since Friday’s Megaupload raids, one issue has been oddly absent: what about the customers, paying or otherwise, who use ... More >>
Public Address 16 December 2011 - 2011's tastiest tracks
Monday, 19 December 2011, 2:49 pm | Public Address
This is a Friday at the time of year when people publish their “Best Of” lists. And we all know that at Hard News, Fridays are for music. So I ought to be publishing a list of the best music... More >>
Public Address 15 December 2011 - Word of the Year Vote!
Monday, 19 December 2011, 2:45 pm | Public Address
Earlier this year, and for the first time, I solicited donations to help cover Public Address’s development costs. The response was quite humbling. I was able to pass on more than $5000 to our wonderful developers, CactusLab. I hadn’t planned... More >>
Public Address 5 December 2011 - Going Forward, so to speak
Monday, 5 December 2011, 5:38 pm | Public Address
At a certain freelance journalists’ annual Christmas lunch, the food, drink and coversation are robust and plentiful. And it was there, right next to Helen Clark’s old office, on Friday that one of my jobbing brethren told me how his... More >>
Public Address 28 November 2011 - Days After
Monday, 28 November 2011, 4:28 pm | Public Address
TVNZ’s reviewer called it “truly inspirational and utterly important”. The Christchurch Star’s reviewer described it as “a moving, raw look at everything that’s happened to our city since September 4.” The BBC World Service has covered ... More >>
Public Address 22 November 2011 - Please Be Captured
Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 11:33 am | Public Address
Yesterday’s advisory from the Electoral Commission about rules for media on Election Day this Saturday is causing some consternation out there in social media land. Some people believe it’s tantamount to the Commission “banning” Facebook, Twitter ... More >>
Public Address 18 November 2011 - Something for Everyone
Monday, 21 November 2011, 3:42 pm | Public Address
The 30th anniversary of Flying Nun Records, being celebrated this month with a series of shows and a really very tasty “30 Year Ale” made by Epic, finds the label where it began its long, strange journey: back in indie-label... More >>
Public Address 15 November 2011 - Tapes for Yo' Face!
Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 1:51 pm | Public Address
In a shocking turn of events, Hard News has gained access to a stream of reliably unreliable accounts of the 2011 general election campaign. This commentary is being circulated in pursuit of complementary samples of a premium distilled beverage, and... More >>
