Chris Laidlaw & guests very respectfully discussing how we should teach creation in schools.

Deals with the philosophy & importance of science, as much as it does with spirituality.

Warning: This program is not middle-aged men talking about their salad days, nor people shouting at each, as I'd expected.

And it's a really good listen.

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From the New Zealand Book Council. Fantastic animation.

Does it promote the National Party?

Anyone have a view?

via Family Guy's Emmy campaign.

They're not even from here, man.

From the producer of The World's First Split Enz AMV, comes this entry for the Wellington Armageddon 2009 AMV contest.

A whole band full of the kind of people your mother warned you about.

From Dropa Kulcha in 1981. Can anyone name the host?

Radio NZ clip (mp3, 3mins 36sec) regarding NIWA research that attempted to determine the importance of the Kaipara as a fish nursery.

The result is a little surprising.

From Australia's National Radio, a 6 min podcast regarding nuclear disarmament under the Obama regime.

RadioNZ interview with fish ecologist Andy Hicks, who has recently completed a research project on the lifecycle of whitebait.

The interview focuses more on the scientific than the cultural, but if you're into whitebait, it's probably an interesting listen.

hey everyone,

just wondering if anyone might know of a place one could view NZ short films online? i'm in Germany and have been telling a number of (cynical/dark/Russian) friends about the beautiful cynical darkness of NZ short cinema, and i'd love to share the love, but it's nigh on impossible to find any content online.

any recommendations? is there a good torrent tracker for NZ related media?

Not true, but some on the most retarded youtube comments I've ever stumbled upon.

I can recall listening to John Clarke on National Radio a couple of years ago, talking in the beautifully flat & distinctive tone that he possesses, about his enjoyment in listening to poetry. I think he cited the improved sense of timing it provided, over reading a poem yourself, well at least the first couple of times, as his justification for this. Mr Clarke seems to raise subject of timing & rhythm in his interviews quite frequently, as it seems his instincts on this matter are a cut above, as a more recent National Radio interview on the occasion of his 60th in 2008 demonstrates.

The ABC in Australia have a few good links for his more recent, though Australian-centric work available, though I'd suggest this in particular being one of a series in which John plays a politician (on this occasion John Howard) sitting down with the Headmaster, or Dean to discuss his performance at school.

I agree with Mr Clarke on the subject of timing, though I also enjoy listening to content, as it best directs the process of determining tone, to the parts of the body best tasked with assessing tone, being ears and reduces the amount of...

Noelle conducting a rather free flowing interview/word association session with Sam Hunt regarding what he's up to, including a collaboration with that rather scruffy looking Dunedin-ite, David Kilgour, a book and guest spotting for Leonard Cohen.

Rockin' at Sammy's.

The audio is a little ropey, but this version of 'Point That Thing Somewhere Else' fairly bristles.

Long-time technophile and sometime comic, Stephen Fry has been in NZ recently. Perhaps surprisingly, he's just here to check out some of the birds.

Mr Fry talks to Radio NZ here.

(As ever, you may need to cut and paste the resulting URL into your mediaplayer's open URL/network location type thingo should it not open with the grace & dignity of one of David Haywood's stories)

Neil Finn on Radio NZ talking about what he's up to....not that he probably needs me or PAS plugging his stuff, but it's NZ related and I thought I'd better finally share something here that fits within Ourtube's goalposts.

Here's some words related to the Radio NZ interview (which you may or may not need to paste the URL into your media player's "open network/location" type functionality should it not launch gracefully).

This music video from Auckland band The Hot Grits has been banned by TVNZ for "inappropriate content".

The video was shot by local production house The Downlow Concept, whose intention was to "demonstrate the child-like greed with which adults conduct themselves whilst on the road to excess".

The TVNZ censor felt that images of children drinking milk from shot glasses and a funnel, and their general behaviour, were inappropriate.

Polical correctness gone mad in an election year?

NZ Herald Story

Story on Spareroom

The Hot Grits Website

There's a bit of interesting non-music stuff to listen to that comes through via the speechification site, most of which seems to come from BBC Radio and is accordingly impacted by an archiving strategy that removes programs after only a week. Thus it's a site to keep a regular eye on.

And this should be a link to program regarding Douglas Adams' flatmates.

"Important" discussion of the number 6, with much time spent on degrees of separation and Bacon-numbers. (from BBC Radio...meaning Real audio format)

BBC Radio 4's examination (not exactly NZ centric) of what it means to be on the Left or Right of the political spectrum....Which is really just an excuse to share BBC Radio 4's archive.

Here's (hopefully) a link to a National Radio interview with SJD and James Duncan, discussing the latest album called Dayglo Spectres and providing insight into the change in process behind this album and the songwriting process.

There is also some other good older SJD content available from National Radio. Happy listening!

(Cut and paste the URL into Windows Media Player's open URL menu option is what I've found works)

Songs from a Dictaphone sampler

Songs from a Dictaphone Live.

Still more about Songs from a Dictaphone...must be a good album!

National Radio has produced a series of programs called "the Darwin Lectures" to celebrate the upcoming 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth.

NZ's somewhat limited involvement is mentioned in Lecture 2, being mainly that Charles Darwin did not have a high opinion of NZ based on the few days that he visited and that NZ's 2nd Governor (Robert Fitzroy) had a somewhat more significant role in the development of Darwin's most significant theory.

Though Fitzroy was eventually dismissed from the role of Governor, apparently for his enlightened interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi, his shame at having involvement in the development of Darwin's theory motivated him to make a splendid contribution to science himself.

The stories of Darwin and Fitzroy individually are exceptional and when considered in combination are all the more remarkable.

The Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra's first music video! Made by Tim Capper, filmed in Deluxe, starring half of Wellington.

I found this on Loop Select 002 the other day. I was surprised this was not already on YT. But it did come out in 2001 long before YT was here. So anyway, I've uploaded it for all to enjoy.

Be sure to also check out the 2008 Wassup pro Obama add. It's has the same cast as the original. Lolz