Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: A tale of two festivals https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371791#post371791 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371791#post371791 Was TVNZ's head of news in charge of the offending headline & story? If so, it's not the first time he's been involved in racial controversy.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/politics/77889923/Maori-MPs-claim-TVNZ-KiwiMeter-survey-incites-racial-intolerance

]]> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 21:05:01 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371658#post371658 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371658#post371658 Kia ora

Interesting how Stuff have just posted an article on George in the Park.

Indeed. From that story

He said the “chaos” from 6.15pm to about 9pm in the surrounding area was “unbelievable”.

“One guy fell off a cliff, face first into the oyster beds. The muddy guy almost…

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 17:56:40 +1300 Mikaere Curtis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371656#post371656 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371656#post371656 Interesting how Stuff have just posted an article on George in the Park.

Maybe they think that dude covered in mud is a Person Of Colour...

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 16:25:07 +1300 David Pentecost https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371653#post371653 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371653#post371653 Kia ora

Interesting how Stuff have just posted an article on George in the Park.

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:31:45 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371652#post371652 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371652#post371652 Thu, 23 Mar 2017 15:18:18 +1300 EE https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371641#post371641 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371641#post371641 That media coverage of the PolyFest was terrible. I wonder if the journalist involved have ever been to the event. Let alone seen the diligence, discipline and hard-work taken by the organisers, performers and supporters to create that event.
Those media companies are the ones guilty of beating up on…

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:17:43 +1300 James Littlewood* https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371637#post371637 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371637#post371637 It's us

Quite.

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 11:00:04 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371635#post371635 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371635#post371635 A woman has written about being sexually assaulted in the crowd at George in the Park. Her husband was king-hit as he dragged her to safety.

https://www.facebook.com/bassjunkie84/posts/10212207357396311

]]> Thu, 23 Mar 2017 10:57:18 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371621#post371621 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371621#post371621 There is a certain irony in this that anyone who has tried to organise an event in an Auckland Council Park will testify. The waste management plan (along with Traffic, Risk management plans etc.) you have to submit for an event consent is really quite onerous.

They clearly don't apply…

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 23:09:06 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371615#post371615 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371615#post371615 A group of KCs turned up

I'm guessing this means "King Cobras"? Not all of us live north of Bombay or are hip to your dialect, y'know.

But in respect of your lede, "Polynesia is to blame for violence but white people in the park are rowdy youth" is sadly…

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:57:15 +1300 JessicaRose https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371613#post371613 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371613#post371613 From a personal perspective, it's tiring how often we have to address and re-address what looks very much to be blatant racism in the mainstream media.

I ended up having to choose going to this event, and an Art Fest event in Sandringham. It turned out it was a wise…

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 18:01:16 +1300 Glenn Pearce https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371609#post371609 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371609#post371609 One other thing that bears noting: the lack of a proper plan to deal with waste at George in the Park (and ideally, get people to take theirs home). I gather it was a mess in more than one way.

There is a certain irony in this that anyone who…

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 17:15:20 +1300 kris_b https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371605#post371605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371605#post371605 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:19:09 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371603#post371603 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371603#post371603 The George FM event is different, and it has been every year. It's a good day to be away from Pt Chev.

Well, happily, it looks like there won't be another one with George.

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:01:54 +1300 Tomek https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371602#post371602 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371602#post371602 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:31:03 +1300 Logan O'Callahan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371600#post371600 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371600#post371600 I've lived in Pt Chevalier for 17 years. Most of the events at Coyle park and around Western Springs seem to attract a happy and well courteous crowd.

The George FM event is different, and it has been every year. It's a good day to be away from Pt Chev.

]]> Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:19:58 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371598#post371598 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371598#post371598 Wed, 22 Mar 2017 15:16:13 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371597#post371597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-a-tale-of-two-festivals/?p=371597#post371597 Discussion from blog post.

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