Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: The Magic of Television https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75607#post75607 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75607#post75607

1970s New Zealand truly was another country.

Even if you were more-or-less there. As I was elsewhere for the first half of the 70s I missed Edwards' meteoric rise. Watching his heavily-hyped interview/confrontation with Muldoon in early 1976 (on my next-door neighbour's spanking-new made-in-Waihi Philips K9) I could only wonder…

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:06:34 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75606#post75606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75606#post75606

“Going to any Post Offices?” ... I make no apology for having relished the day and the experience to the full.

I've heard Edwards recall visiting every Post Office within reach that day and so was conveniently placed to receive the public's plaudits, a move that hardly harmed his career…

]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2008 08:06:12 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75460#post75460 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75460#post75460

He was more interested in cleaning the egg off of his jacket than answering my question

Classic!

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:55:51 +1300 Jake Pollock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75411#post75411 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75411#post75411 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:54:07 +1300 Dave Patrick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75406#post75406 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75406#post75406 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:24:00 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75321#post75321 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75321#post75321 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:25:34 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75245#post75245 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75245#post75245 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:14:59 +1300 Dave Patrick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75230#post75230 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75230#post75230 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:17:54 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75222#post75222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75222#post75222

It's called labour market flexibility, and people seem to leave the country to avoid it.

How do you mean?

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:39:13 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75215#post75215 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75215#post75215

Could never happen today.

Meanwhile, an OECD survey showsthat wage-earners' share of [national income] in all developed countries, [has fallen] on average from around 67 per cent ... in 1976 to 57 per cent in 2006.

And the gap is worse in New Zealand than most other places — notably,…

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:16:08 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75181#post75181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75181#post75181 Could never happen today.

Meanwhile, an OECD survey showsthat wage-earners' share of [national income] in all developed countries, [has fallen] on average from around 67 per cent ... in 1976 to 57 per cent in 2006.

]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:02:24 +1300 Ian MacKay https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75137#post75137 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75137#post75137 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:22:59 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75136#post75136 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-the-magic-of-television/?p=75136#post75136 Discussion from blog post.

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