Public Address 16 September 2011

Party Central, structures and silos
11:55 Sep 16, 2011 in Speaker by Sacha Dylan
During yesterday’s parliamentary debate about the problems at Party Central and the Minister’s ‘solo’ attempt at fixing them, Phil Twyford reminded us that several government agencies explicitly - and unsuccessfully - argued against Auckland’s transport functions being split from the...
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LATE OCTOBER: Life in the Margins: Otherness in New Zealand
10:28 Sep 16, 2011 in Hard News by Russell Brown
On its way to a final affirmation, Bill Pearson’s landmark 1952 essay Fretful Sleepers has harsh words aplenty for New Zealanders’ attitude towards difference and the deviation from norms. Our “willingness to persecute those who don’t conform, gullibility in the...
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Island Life
7:34 Sep 15, 2011 in Cracker by Damian Christie
I went to Samoa the other weekend. It was a work trip (I know, right, but someone’s gotta do it), filming an interview and links for this season’s final episode of Hindsight, airing at the end of the month. It was the second time I’ve been to a Pacific Island this year ...
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The Minister’s Brain Has Exploded
9:02 Sep 14, 2011 in Hard News by Russell Brown 237
Since the events on Auckland’s waterfront last Friday, officials from central and local government had been discussing what both sides wanted in order to prevent a repeat of the Rugby World Cup’s opening night problems. Most of what needed doing...
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Straight for the throat
13:08 Sep 13, 2011 in Field Theory by Hadyn Green
This short piece comes from Roland Maul and is his thoughts after the Wales-South Africa match.On Saturday, despite the fantastic match that had unfolded in front me, I felt sick. Sick and angry. The game is...
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Music media: The song remains the same - but different
9:45 Sep 13, 2011 in Hard News by Russell Brown
The last time Media7 looked at popular music media, we were virtually reading the last rites for music magazines - submerged by a tough advertising market and competition from blogs and websites. But - what’s this!?- New Zealand Herald publisher...
http://publicaddress.net/hardnews/music-media-the-song-remains-the-same-but/

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