Posts by Russell Brown
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Hard News: About Arie, in reply to Kyle Matthews,
Sorry, what were they supposed to do? Start an inquiry at Labour Party HQ?
Well, quite. Goff's response to the SAS stories was more substantial than I had expected, and certainly nothing like the despicable denial character assasination that came from John key.
I can't really see any equivalence at all.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to BenWilson,
Haven’t decided which games though. Ideally some evenly matched minor teams, where the crowd will be interesting – Fiji or Samoa vs Wales perhaps. England vs Scotland could be good for the rivalry, but I’d have to sit way up the back to afford it.
Fiji vs Samoa is pretty much perfect: a day game on a Sunday in Auckland and reasonable ticket prices. I just bought some tickets -- thanks for the nudge. Yay!
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to dave crampton,
As someone who was at the Family First event I have a first hand report on what Goff and Key said. I intend to do another on other aspects as well.
Thanks Dave. I wonder if you've sold Goff short on the parental notification question though. I think he answered it more strongly than you indicate.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to BenWilson,
The games will only be a focal point – they last 90 mins, the partying continues regardless.
I'm planning to upsize the TV and lay on loads of food for my friends. I might go to the odd game, but it seemed more fun to have lots of people having a good time at mine than to try and find someone else to spend hundreds of dollars to go to games with me.
I'm thinking braised beef short ribs could be the go.
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to B Jones,
I'm leaning towards Lucy's point - I think if you did this well, it would be a good opportunity to put a wedge between the organisers and the soft "families are important" message they hide behind.
I'm not sure the audience that was that engaged with the answers. Patrick Gower said to me via Twitter that Key's evasive style, including those couple of irritable refusals to answer at all, "seemed to work, family first didn't seem to realise there were no commitments."
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to Kracklite,
And if you so much as even so much as hint at me even intimating at the possibility of the hypothetical etcetera of “credit given where where credit is due”, I will hunt you and your family down and do horrible, horrible things to you all with a cheese grater, a blowtorch and Justin Bieber CDs.
I would expect no less of you, sir.
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Speaker: John and Phil meet Bob, in reply to Kracklite,
Some people involved in Labour, so I hear, are sentient, so I do want to know what their excuse might be for this latest exercise in ham-handed cynicism.
I wonder if the organisers will post their own pictures. I'd actually like to see how Goff handled the rest of it, because the one bit that was on the news rather defied my expectations.
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It was an onstage interview format with McCoskrie asking the questions, and Patrick Gower's report for 3 News gives the impression that Key had a shocker.
He was reluctant to offer firm answers and he didn't have any answer at all for questions on same-sex adoption and prostitution law reform, which weren't exactly hard to see coming. He squirmed.
Goff seemed better prepared. The one question he's shown answering -- on parental notification in abortion cases -- he answers clearly, and without giving ground to the questioner.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to Sue,
Events all over the country, funded by the Lotteries Commission.
like 42nd street in wellington, which i totally don’t get
The trick would be not focusing on the things you're not interested in, unless you actually want to be miserable about it.
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Field Theory: 65 bottles of beer on the wall..., in reply to giovanni tiso,
Er, it has:
We’ll see how it goes, it’s all I’m saying.
Perhaps you could even crank it up a notch from there. Look, from just the first page of the culture and heritage section of that website ..
Oceania: a major collaboration between the City Gallery and Te papa, exploring the Pacific experience in New Zealand.
The Christchurch Arts Festival.
Te Matatini's Arohanui – The Greatest Love at the Wellington St James.
Style Pasifika in Auckland.
There are hundreds of events taking place nationwide in a relatively short time. Some would have happened anyway, most wouldn't. People have already been working on them for months.
It would be nice if the rest of us could simply take these events on their merits. It's going to be quite a couple of months.