Posts by Roger Lacey
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It is sad that the current government considers anything to do with culture or national identity a "luxury" that has to be slashed in hard times. TVNZ7 has built a strong audience considering that neither the Listener or the Herald publish its schedule. TVNZ has acted like channel 7 is an embarrassment to them and just paid lip service to their obligations to a scheme that was supposed to encourage Kiwis to switch to digital. They canned TVNZ6 as soon as they could and probably can't wait for the demise of TVNZ7 so they can use the channel for commercial purposes.
My 4 year old daughter will miss Kidzone when TVNZ7 ceases. The kids programs on the other channels have some pretty dubious content for a 4 year old and you've got to watch out for when the adverts start.
A TV channel that reflects us as a diverse nation and provides an outlet for locally produced content that encourages debate should not be considered a luxury. Nationhood has a cost. If all we can get on our TV screens in the future is 300 channels of imported garbage we will start to look like a colonial outpost. -
Hard News: The Mega Conspiracy, in reply to linger,
Peripheral, but I’m struck by how this US usage [ “curb” ] has replaced the previously common “kerb” in a few published articles in NZ lately.
And there I was thinking that jumping the curb was somehow related to jumping the snark.
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Hard News: Nobody wanted #EQNZ for Christmas, in reply to Sacha,
About $200m in donations to various funds, including the Mayoral one.
The mayoral fund has received more than $7m and has spent $3.6m on “repairing or rebuilding damaged community buildings or structures”.
Funny that the Hagley Golf Club was one of the first beneficiaries. I wonder who rubber stamped that one? http://www.ccc.govt.nz/homeliving/civildefence/chchearthquake/MayoralReliefFund.aspx
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Bit late to the party but I guess it doesn't matter. Hope you get enough to bring your plans to fruition. Shout out if you need more, I'm sure everyone here will be happy to chip in a bit more if needed.
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Hard News: The Public Address Word of…, in reply to Scott A,
Radler
That's Radler (TM) isn't it?
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Hard News: Most Discursive Website, in reply to JacksonP,
That's a metal. Your schist may be full of gold, but only if you've got a clean slate, and do your deposits in vein.
Watch out or Gerry Brownlee will say "Mine!"
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Joe Wylie,
I thought that National campaign ad was hinting I should go green.
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Hard News: The perils of political confidence, in reply to Ross Mason,
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McCully’s not in the House, and not a single National speaker has even acknowledged his existence, let alone sought to defend him.
I spotted him down at party central about 2pm surveying his domain and fending off tourists who wanted Ronnie Corbett’s autograph.
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Surely the huge crowds on Friday were more to do with the biggest fireworks display ever seen in the country rather than people desperate to see a rugby match on a big screen?
My pick is that the fanzone will be only lightly attended from now on and McCully will blame the council.