Posts by Pete Sime
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I wonder what the likes of Meads, Shelford, Jones and all the other great ex ABs think of this.
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Bill Bailey made a really good point in his interview on Radio NZ last week that audiences enjoy doing some of the work to get a joke. He doesn't like to insult the intelligence of his audiences or belittle them. I think the networks in NZ might have such a low opinion of their audience that they don't want to take that risk. At least not in prime time.
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I suppose the NZ comedy scene is in good health when Cal Wilson is turning up on QI
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A regular dose of satire doesn’t even have to be that expensive. John Clarke and Alan Dawe do a weekly mock interview on the ABC against a black background.It's simple, but good.
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The most recent foreign-born PM was the Englishman Walter Nash
Unless you count Hugh Watt (born in Perth) who was acting PM after Kirk died. But that was only 6 days and a caretaker role.
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If Kim Dotcom brought a private prosecution against the GCSB, is it conceivable that he obtain a search order under the High Court Rules?
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And I've just become follower #1500. It was like watching the odometer roll over.
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If any of this happened between 7 February 2011 and 1 July 2011, it would draw Sir Jerry Mateparae into the investigation. What would be the constitutional consequences of the G-G being under investigation?
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I'm Team Kereru. It's always great to see pairs of them around Dunedin, weighing down overhead cables. Maybe I have an affinity for the overweight and sluggish.
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The forthcoming debate between Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly will be epic.