Posts by Russell Brown
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There's a thread for earthquake reports and reposes here.
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Emma Hart is in Wellington. Karl and the kids took off from Christchurch airport today in the nick of time to join her. Phew.
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Hard News: Te Rerenga Wairua, in reply to George Darroch,
Similarly. I joined the spirits departing the coast, but it seems I can’t view the homeland. New Zealand on screen, but not on air.
Damn, forgot to mention that. I presume it's a Film Commission stipulation.
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Also happy to hear that friend of the site Blair Parkes and his family are safe and well in New Brighton.
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Just stopped after an hour of retweeting reports, getting this thread up, etc. Feeling teary now.
Especially re-reading these successive tweets from Cheryl Bernstein:
We know, after a big one, that there are weeks & months of aftershocks ahead, & that’s what makes it so hard to bear. #eqnz
And:
But we will bear it. We can. There’s strength in knowledge, and experience, and community. #eqnz
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CHECKING IN: David Haywood, Jen Hay and family are fine.
They were out driving by Dunsandel and, amazingly, didn't feel a thing. Frankly, if anyone deserved a break ...
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Geonet says 5.8, 8km deep, 20km east of Christchurch.
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Hard News: Dispatches from Summer, in reply to Glenn Pearce,
Queue is out the door and down the stree at the Westmere Butcher and they’ve been open since 2am.
Yikes. I was lucky then. It was merely jam-packed when I went 40 minutes ago.
I wonder how many people they get coming in at 3am after some pre-Christmas clubbing? They should lay on some beats, bro.
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Hard News: Merry Christmas, Blossoms, in reply to Danielle,
I'm spending Christmas Day in hospital with my present: the newest member of our family, born yesterday. I await the Auckland hospital version of Xmas dinner with some trepidation!
I expect a detailed report on that.
And like I said yesterday, congratulations. So glad you're well and happy and have a new boy to cherish.
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Hard News: Merry Christmas, Blossoms, in reply to Jackie Clark,
To wit, this was the conversation last night: "I'm going to the pub" "Who are you going with?" "Sacha and Jackson and Sofie" "Remind me?" "Public Address friends" "Ah, yes" and so it goes.
I meant to get there, I really did. But Wednesday night had been ... large.
I very much look forward to riding over to convene with you all throughout summer.