Posts by nzlemming
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FYI from that MEAA annual report:
What do we stand for?
The Alliance works according to a set of principles we believe are important. As the industrial landscape changes and our very existence comes under threat, these become more important. Things like collective action, safeguarding Australian identity and democracy, equal opportunity and fair working conditions for all.#justsaying
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[edit] point taken Russ. Post removed
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Surely you're not saying that she's a "useful idiot"?
Define "useful"... :-p
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The involvement of Oakley Moran (Peter Cranney) would stem from the fact that they also act for the CTU.
Ah. Okay. That makes sense. Thanks.
However, that makes the failure to file accounts even more egregious. In agreeing to be the registered office, Cranney/Oakley Moran take on a special responsibility and even more so, in terms of the Incorporated Societies Act, given their professional expertise.
For those who don't know what I mean, if you are an officer of an incorporated society and you have some specific professional standing (say, lawyer or accountant), you are more liable for misfeasance within your field of expertise than other members of the committee, whether or not you were personally party to the cockup.
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Just watched some of the Malcolm interview. Even Mrs Lemming (who is so uninterested in politics she makes me look like a frothing radical) was saying "She can't keep her story straight for 5 minutes"
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Okay, Brendon.
if we want a high skill high wage economy, then our film industry needs to shrink, if it is to continue slashing wages and conditions.
And where exactly (cite your source material, please) are wages and conditions being slashed in the film industry? Jackson was offering more than SAG rates for small parts and residuals - how is that "slashing"?
you see more people queing outside the local meatworks than outside peter jackson's backlot (generously provided to him by the crown - I seem to recall the army base in Fort Dorset was rented to him). Simply because there are better wages and more security in the primary processing industry (and its probably way easier to get a job).
The only part of that that might even vaguely be correct is that it's possibly easier to get a job in a primary processing industry, though I wouldn't say it in front of any former workers that have been made redundant. And why would that be? Because there are more jobs. Very simple. The film industry is small - every one knows that, but it has been growing, not shrinking, despite your dubious analysis.
And I think if there were hundreds of people queuing up outside every AFFCO plant, we'd be able to find some evidence of that. Perhaps you could direct us to it? In the meantime, we can read this .
As for Ft. Dorset - it closed as a military establishment in 1991, well before Jackson used it to build the village of Bree. And how was renting the base (which entailed Jackson paying money to the Crown for the temporary use of something that wasn't being used for anything else) any sort of generous provision? It's called business - look it up.
Your comments on the oil and gas industries are magnificently irrelevant - well done!
If you'd like to come back with more research than rhetoric, I'd be prepared to listen. But mere left-wing soundbites will not suffice.
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This is part of that release which I don't remember from the first time i saw it, but I may be mistaken about that:
Jennifer Ward-Lealand, president of NZ Actors’ Equity said:
“We have no desire to jeopardise the production or create instability in any way. Our members are simply seeking fair and equitable employment terms and conditions for New Zealand actors – the same terms that their colleagues elsewhere in the world enjoy. We believe a solution can be found by sitting down together with the producers, and talking through the issues. We all have the same goal in mind – to get The Hobbit made, here in New Zealand."
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Just for the record, Brendon, my name is Mark Harris and you can click on the round blue link to the left and go to my website.
[edit] Hmmm seems my link has disappeared. I'd better fix that. In the meantime, it's here
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Brendon
I'm not union bashing here, and I don't think others are either much (even Craig). In my working career of 30+ years, I've proudly been a member of about 5 unions and an official up to national delegate status in one of them. For the last 10 years, I've been an independent contractor and I like the freedom that gives me. Doesn't mean that I don't respect unions, or that I support the employers willy-nilly.
What I don't respect is poor unionism and that's what we're seeing here from NZAE, MEAA and the CTU (who really should know better). Step outside your class war and look objectively at the situation - can you seriously tell me those parties haven't screwed nearly everything they've touched? Or is the union always right, from your perspective, no matter what they do?
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Food for thought:
The 2007 application for registration has 9 Auckland actors and 6 Wellington:Auckland: Tracey McGuire, Liesha Ward Knox, Jeff Szusterman, Donogh Rees, Nicola Kawana, Jacque Drew, Jared Turner, Jean Hyland and Rachael Blampied.
Wellington: Robert Tripe, Lyndee Jane Rutherford, Kate Harcourt and Rodney Bane.
The registered address was Brandon St Wellington - the offices of Oakley Moran Barristers and Solicitors.
The 2010 registrants are:
Auckland: Jennifer Ward-Lealand, Russell Pickering, Alister Browning, Rachael Blampied, Bruce Hopkins, Peter Coates, Sam Snedden, Jacqueline Drew, Liesha Ward Knox, Jeff Szusterman, Todd Emerson, Chelsea Preston Crayford, Jonathan Hodge, Edwin Wright and Joel Herbert.Wellington: conspicuous by their absence.
Oh, and Nick? The new one is actually longer than the old one.
And let's think about that - they applied for registration - through a Wellington solicitor, Peter Cranney (Oakley Moran) - and then did nothing about their obligations.
I've run an incorporated society or two in my time. The paperwork is not that onerous. It's not easy to get struck off. You get repeated warnings.
For professionals in the acting business, it all seems very amateur even before you get to the current debacle.