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Bouqets not brickbats
I thought I’d keep readers up-to-date with the Blue Chip story from last week. I had a go at the Herald on Sunday for its front page piece about businessman Mark Bryers and his visits to an Auckland...
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Boquet for HoS – attempting to come clean on Veitch
I would like to congratulate Shayne Currie and David Fisher for the piece in today’s Herald on Sunday [Inbside the Veitch media circus] and for getting Tim Pankhurst to at least put something on the...
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Leave of absence
I’m too busy-wired-baffled-tired-weird right now to spend any time with you in this virtual embrace. Why not take a [twitter]card so you’ll know when EM’s back in the saddle. To be real, I’m so busy...
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Laura Norder – harsh reality of a mistress scorned
As disgraced ACT MP David Garrett now knows, Laura Norder is a harsh mistress. It’s all fun and roses during the intoxicating early days of an affair, but the glow disappears and the relationship sours...
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Saurons of cinema: Gobbits and Quislings in a tale of ‘yore
The drafty Stalinesque lecture hall underneath Auckland’s trade union headquarters in Grey Lynn was a fitting stage for the evening of ‘serious fun’ and ribald politics, earlier this week, when Warner...
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Thank you for your comment…now piss off back to Where-everstan!
After my appearance at the government-sponsored media inquiry in Melbourne last week I was suddenly on the News Limited radar. My name popped up in several news reports and comment pieces over the...
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What are news? Watermelon_man helps us out
Since engaging with #mediainquiry on Twitter and in the meatworld I have stumbled across some really nice people (at least they seem nice, I’ve only seen their avatars). Their tweets make sense and...
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Scooped: The politics and power of journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand
Hot off the press Scooped is finally available. You can order online from Exisle Books This book is the first new text on New Zealand journalism in ten years. Scooped is an edited collection of essays...
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A good start for the Global Mail
I’m sure many of us were looking forward to the first edition of the Global Mail this week. Non-profit online journalism start-up The Global Mail launched today with the aim of providing free,...
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Equal rights for gay marriage – it’s a no brainer
The Melbourne rally for equal marriage rights yesterday was great fun. A crowd of around 3000 or so marched from the State Library to the Treasury Building – the home of Melbourne’s marriage registry...
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