I have an horrific feeling that we are in for three more years (at least) of the same. I was going to say nobody cares. What I mean is - there aren't enough who care. I'm annoyed that the Film Festival uses Sky City - and I'm going there tomorrow night to watch a movie about corruption in China. What should I do???

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Mr Jackson to provide any position in the forseeable future. If it takes him as long as it has taken to remove the rusting hulk used in King Kong and still tied up at Miramar wharf thern change will be a long time coming. In this vein he also promised some 5 - 6 years ago that the old Capitol movie theatre in Miramar (which one of his companies owns) would be a state of the art local cinema by summer - and that is still an empty shell. Perhaps hiring the rich and famous for this task is a mistake rather than finding someone who is still connected to the roots of the community he purports to have such involvement in.

The Lucinda gig at Wellington was all seated as well. It was a very frustrating experience! She was great but we wanted to dance!