Great to be able to catch up on what we missed.
The lunch here in Wgtn for those of us who couldn't make it north was cancelled after Air New Zealand dumped the scheduled flight at short notice. Some of us had swapped shifts in an attempt to…

I found both journalists extremely impressive when I touched base at the Asia NZ dinner. But I was not personally in the position to fund a couple of days to get up to Auckland for the seminar – so unfortunately it was a miss this time.

There was…

SKY had the chance to get Al Jaz last year and plumped for Fox (the propaganda channel of the Republican Party) instead.

Oh Lord, when does Karl Rove sleep... To be quite blunt, every time I see one of those sickeningly creep billbaords/bus shelter ads for the new -ish
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It's probably a litmus test for under-35s who pulled sickies.

(guilty)

The impression persists that what alarmed the authorities was less any failure of taste than the prospect of people getting too used to the idea of voting and getting what they vote for.

And people trash reality TV. Maybe the UN could send Julie Christie to Burma.

My brother and I called him Buylose Onebad, in a display of mad English skillz.

Nice work on the forum Russell, and good on Asia:NZ as usual for putting it together, despite the ol' 'missing in…

When I worked with Selwyn Toogood he told me his most frequently used playground nickname was "Seldom Anygood".

It's in the Bag was taped in our school hall once. I went. It was very exciting.

But the best ever Bag moment was at the end of a series, when a…

That Daily Show clip was hilarious!

He was indeed an institution in the 1950s…

Years ago I used to work with his grandaughter. She told me about how, when she was about 5, Selwyn arranged it so her and her brother could sneak on to the Play School set and play with Humpty, Jemima, Manu and the Teds.

Best Grandad…

Is al Jazeera a forlorn hope down here in Christchurch?

No, that's the thing: Stratos is nationwide.

Remind me why she was made redundant from TVNZ, will you?

Was she made redundant? I thought she was Holmes' producer and when he went, she went?

As for Al Jazeera ... it's a bit like back in the 90s when all the hipster style guides were buzzing about 'Yum Char'…

we use iceburg lettuce on a long dish with half tomaties and curried eggs interleaved along each side and the dressing on the top down the middle

Hell, that's a bit flash!

The thought of banning reality television sends an icy chill down my spine. Life without The Amazing Race,…

One thing we didn't get to discussing was the Chinese government's new crackdown on "low taste" reality TV programmes, and in particular Idol-style talent shows.

What a great idea suggest it to John Key he doesn't have any policies!!
Banning reality TV is a good place to start.

I remember in primary school, the height of childhood wit was calling him 'Selwyn Threebad'...

I was going talk about the buzz when she got married but I work intervened.

Re Freeview: does anyone know if Freeview will be coming through the Sky/Telstra boxes?

BTW, does anyone under 35 understand the Selwyn Toogood reference ;)

Hey, I'm 32 and I got it. I remember watching Beauty and the Beast during the school holidays.

I recommend Selwyn's autobiography "Out of the Bag", which pops up from time to time on Trade Me.

Sagarika's father in law, Dilip Sardesai, played cricket for India and her husband and son are manic cricket fans.

When we spied Adam Parore at the restaurant she was quite excited, so we encouraged her to go over and…

Good on these women for showing how it's done! The sheer pace of life in Asia is like a drug. Get your fix!

BTW, does anyone under 35 understand the Selwyn Toogood reference ;)

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The quality of the news, the balance, and the analysis on both rather dwarf their…

The bottom line is that anyone who wants to get out of that narrow mindset just leaves and does their thing. As can be seen by the talent and achievements of the panelists at…