Public Address 15/10/07 - The standing-still sweep

The standing-still sweep | Oct 15, 2007 07:46
Russell Brown's Hard News
As you digest all the easy copy about the Auckland mayoral race, it may be helpful to know this: John Banks has achieved his landslide win in the Auckland mayoralty election with almost exactly the same number of votes he attracted in his landslide loss three years ago: about 45,000 ... http://publicaddress.net/default,4543.sm

PA Radio: Inside the Big Ball
Posted at 8:02AM on 15 Oct 07
Bruce Ferguson, one of the team of New Zealanders who helped construct the giant rugby ball at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, discusses the project, and what happened the night the All Blacks lost. LINK

Across the Desert with Mandy Morbid (Part Three) | Oct 14, 2007 22:16
GUEST Academic-turned-chauffeur, Dr Creon Upton, from Los Angeles A couple of folks have suggested to me that after two episodes this series seemed unconcluded. Neither are particularly prurient types, so I can't imagine that they're on tenterhooks, waiting to be titillated by an account of the orgiastic night in Vegas that it seems my taste for the sensational... http://publicaddress.net/default,4542.sm

Weekender | Oct 12, 2007 15:54
Jolisa Gracewood in New Haven
Now you've all finished wringing out your silver-fern-emblazoned hankies, you'll be wanting some light reading for the weekend, preferably nothing to do with balls. I spent my handful of kid-free hours this week knocking out more Iceland stories over at Babble, so do pop over and have a... http://publicaddress.net/default,4537.sm

The reasonably seedy underbelly | Oct 12, 2007 03:22
Keith Ng is heading west
When I decided five years ago that I wanted to be able to work and travel at the same time, I hadn't envisaged myself working in a Tokyo porn parlour servicing clients while sexually frustrated Japanese salarymen... relaxed around me. No, I really didn't see it coming. It's... http://publicaddress.net/default,4536.sm

Stoopid | Oct 11, 2007 17:10
Damian Christie - Cracker With Attitude
Warning: The following anecdote is a thinly disguised attempt for the author to complain about the demise of customer service at our National Carrier. The tale's only redemption is found at the end, where a popular phrase is re-coined beautifully by an immigrant cab driver. Otherwise it's basically just a... http://publicaddress.net/default,4535.sm

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