Thank you for your courage in sharing, June. Arohanui.

I tend to avoid cameras or be on the other side of the camera. I guess a number of insecurities and issues from when I was a teen have translated to being overly critical of images of myself (especially in my more portly years). Outside of my wedding photos, I'd say there would only be a handful of photos of me that I know of; I certainly don't have any of me as a child. Lost youth? Maybe.

I had to take a selfie for a photography course recently. I don't know if it's the fact I had to take it myself and therefore had full control of the process, or if it's the way I set up the lighting, but this is one of the few images of me that I actually like.

Thanks. I love light and shadows... just need to get my head around usage some more :)

I took this at the MONO gig a few months back on my DSLR. Tempted to process all my gig photos in black and white.

I love good black and white... I need to get into it again. This photo was taken and post-processed with the VSCO tool on my phone.

It's interesting that the ACT Party have seemingly tainted their reputation further with publicly denying any knowledge about discussions or agreements, while holding backroom chats with Brash. Will they lose (more) public trust from this?

There's also been some interesting chats at my work on whether there'll be grounds for a legal challenge of the ACT list seats if Hide goes independent. In the 2008 election, Hide won the sole electorate seat for ACT, gaining the party four list seats. However, with the party vote being 3.65%, that's under the threshold, so what happens if his electorate seat becomes an independent?

Why is Kelly's version of events so at odds with everyone else? And why does the CTU want to own this debacle?

And doesn't the CTU usually represent the unions of the film techs, costumers, etc. as well?

NZ Equity member Robyn Malcolm said she wondered how asking for better conditions could have derailed a multi-million movie in New Zealand.

Sorry Robyn. It wasn't the asking... it was the blackmail attempt with the boycott. Next time, find which methods have worked successfully overseas (read Ireland), and try those.

She also called Sir Peter Jackson a "spoilt brat" on Hosking's show this morning.

A spoiled brat? Really? The man who has done more for our international film industry than anyone else?

There's a distinct arrogance in the union's dealings. Yes, they may have some valid concerns (once they actually agree on what they want), but their approach smacks of the self-entitlement and hubris that unfortunately seems to come with industry success in this country. For a relatively small group of people in a small country to think they could hold a large multinational conglomerate in an internationally-competitive industry to ransom was high-handed and full of ego.

I'm really amazed that a group of New Zealanders in a internationally-competitive industry thought that an Australian union had their interests at heart, especially when Australia subsequently put their own bid in for the movie.

Kelly obviously doesn't have a clue if she thinks that it won't be the union's fault if we lose the movie. Actually, no-one on that side of the fence seems to possess much in the way of common sense.