Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to George Darroch,
The rest is based on anecdata
Surprised that media weren't all over it then. They love that shit. :)
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Hard News: When A City Falls, in reply to Russell Brown,
Quite. Marketing a film doesn't usually consist of favourable one-off stories a month earlier.
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Hard News: When A City Falls, in reply to BenWilson,
I can't afford to go to the movies. I haven't been to any this year.
+1
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Hard News: When A City Falls, in reply to Russell Brown,
Media7 and Campbell Live covered it weeks ago
Did you say when and where the screening was? Must have missed that.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Hebe,
a nice guy without an ounce of mongrel in him
sounds all too familiar
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to George Darroch,
if you're doing well you'll stick around
but if you're *not* doing well you may not be able to afford to leave
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An aside from Te Herald about Maori Party and asset sales.
Unlike Act and United Future, the Maori Party did not pledge its support before the election. And it appears to be playing hardball. Mrs Turia is speculating its price for a deal could include a major change in Te Puni Kokiri, the Ministry of Maori Development, from a policy agency to a more operational ministry geared towards employment.
Last night, the Prime Minister said support for partial asset sales would likely be part of agreements with Act and United Future but not with the Maori Party, which opposes the plan.
Bound to be coverage elsewhere too.
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So why was there a grand total of five of us in the theatre
Uh, zero publicity about the screening?
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Haven't listended to it yet myself, but Radio NZ had a story this morning about the role of Maori in asset sales, featuring Ngai Tahu chair and Iwi Leaders Forum rep Mark Solomon (21 mins, listening options).
The National Party's second-term agenda includes controversial plans to sell minority stakes in the state-owned power companies, and Solid Energy, as well as a selldown in Air New Zealand shares. The Maori Party went into the campaign opposing asset sales but iwi groups like Tainui and Ngai Tahu, are in favour.
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Hard News: Democracy Night, in reply to Kumara Republic,
As I've previously mentioned, MMP is the closest we have to an upper house.
Agreed. I forgot who had said that recently.