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Hard News: Media Take Takes a Break

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  • Hilary Stace,

    Loved that Get Your Arse Off the Table programme last night. A light and entertaining look at the very serious issue of tikanga which causes all sorts of anxiety, tension and misunderstanding. Should be compulsory viewing for schools, hospitals, businesses, organisations, or anyone anywhere across NZ. (Might need to change the title to get into schools, though).

    Wgtn • Since Jun 2008 • 3229 posts Report

  • Rosemary McDonald, in reply to Hilary Stace,

    Should be compulsory viewing

    Following your directive Hilary....

    It is programmes of this quality which almost make me feel disadvantaged not having a telly.

    Toi has talent.

    Waikato, or on the road • Since Apr 2014 • 1346 posts Report

  • Peter Darlington,

    It was great.

    Toi doesn't like gettng out of that suit, does he?

    Nelson • Since Nov 2006 • 949 posts Report

  • Geoff Lealand,

    Excellent Media Take this year, with Russell and Toi. My students were all abuzz about being part of the audience last week.

    Screen & Media Studies, U… • Since Oct 2007 • 2562 posts Report

  • Chris Waugh,

    Yes, Get Your Arse Off The Table is definitely worth watching, very well-made, engaging, thought-provoking.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report

  • Rosemary McDonald, in reply to Chris Waugh,

    engaging, thought-provoking.

    and then there's that thing he keeps doing with his hat.....

    Waikato, or on the road • Since Apr 2014 • 1346 posts Report

  • Chris Waugh, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,

    his hat

    A simple, effective, and very well used device for making a point. I also liked the Wai Worry ads. Not so simple, just just as effective.

    Wellington • Since Jan 2007 • 2401 posts Report

  • Ian Dalziel,

    Loss adjustment…
    Sad that Maori TV / NZ on Air (?) can only see their way clear to support 20 weeks of excellent analysis and the reading-between-the-lines that our connected 24/7/365 electronic news and current affairs culture needs – so we’ll just have to struggle through the other 32 weeks as best we can – does any other Maori TV show pick up the slack or take a watching brief?
    The ever reliable Media Watch is the last (radio) show standing it seems…
    (and__ Q+A__ and The Nation I suppose, but the more the merrier…)

    Those who live by the Saud…
    Case in point – listening to bloody Guyon Espiner trying to act as an Apologist for National in his ‘discussion’ with David Parker this morning, regarding the Saudi sheep millions bribe debacle… grrr, who now holds his heels to the fire on the public’s behalf?
    listen:
    http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/201765191

    Christchurch • Since Dec 2006 • 7953 posts Report

  • Rosemary McDonald, in reply to Ian Dalziel,

    But, but, later on GE interviewed Nikki http://www.propellorproperties.co.nz/ Connors,
    and just when we were wondering how much she paid to get on Natrad...Espiner cut her off. http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/201765211/as-auckland-prices-rise,-investors-look-to-other-nz-centres

    Waikato, or on the road • Since Apr 2014 • 1346 posts Report

  • Joe Wylie, in reply to ,

    Fight club, that’s an unfortunate phrase – for anyone remanded in custody. It’s domestic violence. But it’s a remand prision, everyone detained there is presumed to have done something wrong, so it’s less not ok:(

    It’s also unfortunate that it takes the use smuggled technology to illegaly film the domestic violence, for it to be taken seriously. Can’t we be a little bit more egalitarian?:(

    Fight club certainly packages it as occurring within a tidily defined and dehumanised social caste. The contrast with attitudes to the 2006 prison van murder of Liam Ashley is disturbing. Once the victim was portrayed as a North Shore boy gone astray, the Kiwiblog condemnation of the "oxygen thief" who'd had it coming abruptly switched to a kind of tribal grief.

    flat earth • Since Jan 2007 • 4593 posts Report

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to ,

    It’s also unfortunate that it takes the use smuggled technology to illegaly film the domestic violence, for it to be taken seriously. Can’t we be a little bit more egalitarian?

    How about "Prison TV"?
    I'm sure Julie Christie and TV3 could put a package together, after all, their studios are just over the road from the prison, live feed even.
    Imagine, people could watch and gloat at the "Purp" who pinched their car, as he suffers at the hands of the "Felon" that sold him drugs that he didn't pay for.
    It would also make the likes of Serco clean up their act to make them look good on TV.
    What could possibly go wrong?.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report

  • Craig Ranapia,

    Ihug founder Tim Wood and his wife Sasha, have brought private money and business sense. It’s very notable that the Woods’ $500,000 investment in The Dark Horse has already been returned.

    The Dark Horse is also a film that's had a low-key but pretty astute international release -- just getting the basics right, What should be really interesting is how the U.S. release on December 11th is going to go. I'm hoping Fear The Walking Dead is going to be the hit AMC expects, and Cliff Curtis can leverage some attention off that and onto this.

    North Shore, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 12370 posts Report

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Craig Ranapia,

    One interesting point on which both Ant and Tom agreed was that the video-on-demand market is undeveloped in New Zealand. In larger markets, it's already a key element of distribution.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report

  • John Palethorpe,

    Good to see some more coverage on the prisons issue, Russell. I too, have had a chat with those who know MECF well, and the place isn't designed well enough to afford understaffing. Prisons are places with high risks, but not to the point that you just succumb to them rather than attempt to mitigate them in every way possible. Glad to see the discussion about what prisons are for, whether or not the way they operate is what's best for society, and the voices of those who have been speaking without amplification being heard at the minute.

    Auckland • Since May 2015 • 83 posts Report

  • Moz, in reply to Hilary Stace,

    https://www.maoritelevision.com/tv/shows/pakipumeka-aotearoa-new-zealand-documentaries/S06E001/get-your-arse-table

    OK, that looks really good from the first couple of minutes watched at work. And even better, I can apparently watch Maori TV from Oz. By the look of it that might double my TV time for the next week or two.

    Sydney, West Island • Since Nov 2006 • 1233 posts Report

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