Posts by Joe Wylie
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Capture: Roamin' Holiday, in reply to JacksonP,
A' Phid?
Swan plant supporting all comers.
Are those ants in there amongst them?
Swan plants seem to be favourite sites for ant mutualism, a sort of Fonterra of the insect world. -
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A few weeks old now, but still (for me) an interesting take on events:
What They Are Reading in Greece -
Hard News: That page doesn't exist ..., in reply to bob daktari,
govt should not shirk their responsibilities to their people by letting charities do their work.
Of course church-affiliated organisations are already an indispensable part of the welfare network in this part of the world - Presbyterian Social Services, for example, appears to be as big as the Salvation Army, though with a rather lower profile. While the ideological push to have them supplant the state's function has only emerged under the current Government, they'd sometimes become more proactive than the Government through sheer necessity in the Clark years.
It was the Christchurch Baptist City Mission that organised and delivered a petition for the Government to take action to curb the rapacious effect of loan sharks on the working poor. Chch Central MP Tim Barnett promised to bring it to Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard's attention. And the Minister did absolutely nothing.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
wrong bee but exposure 1/800 second.
+++!!!
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to merc,
It's seems under Marshal Gerry Law all media is embedded.
That was certainly the case for the first few months of the central city red zone, where even the Press was excluded, and a North Island photographer was given exclusive CERA-sanctioned access to create an 'official' record.
It's not often that media photography becomes a political issue in NZ, but eventually the Press threw their weight behind their people and gave one of their more articulate snappers an op-ed piece to protest the media's rights. Shortly afterwards the restrictions were relaxed. Interestingly enough, on the day that CERA excluded the media from the red zone, the Press ran an uncritical puff piece on the CERA-sanctioned photographer. One of their own people even took a lovely shot of him all kitted out and grinning.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
The woman next to Parkup is his deputy isn't it?
No, while she bears a passing resemblance to Councillor & Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button, it's not her.
JacsonP:
It interests me not just a little bit how images can carry more significance and power than words sometimes
There was an interesting case in point a while back, where Ben Wilson posted a pic here of the thinly-patronised overflow RWC wharf when it was a big issue. Danyl Mclauchlan reposted it uncredited at The DimPost which generated a long discussion thread, but no-one bothered to credit or directly acknowledge the picture (well I did, and Ben was more than modest in response). Yet without that one bit of newsgathering the discussion thread was pretty much an online version of talkback radio,
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Hebe,
Is that suit with the red bag Lianne Dalziel?
No doubt she's waiting to discuss her Mayoral aspirations with Gerry, as he appears to know more about them than she does.
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Thank you Gudrun Gisela.
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Capture: EQNZ Remembrance, in reply to Sofie Bribiesca,
Gudrun's photos are excellent but . . .
I can testify that Gudrun is the soul of discretion. I'm also confident that if I were to repeat some of her more choice observations on Chch civic matters here verbatim I'd be a candidate for the PAS naughty corner.
While I've been kindly given the accompanying pic to manipulate as I please, I feel that it needs to be seen in all its pristine festering glory. Given the recent 'chemistry' between these twirps it speaks volumes.
