Public Address | Public Address Radio | PA Radio: Resisting the Resistance https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=51352#post51352 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=51352#post51352

I suggest Craig Ranapia hates the ads because Jim Anderton pushed to start up Kiwibank with Labour's support. It has proved to be a winner with ENZeds.

No, Judy Spencer, I politely suggest you don't go creating subtexts and pay attention to the text. I hate the ads because they're…

]]> Thu, 22 May 2008 06:06:03 +1200 Judy Spencer https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=49086#post49086 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=49086#post49086 The Kiwibank ads have style. The money is also staying here.

I suggest Craig Ranapia hates the ads because Jim Anderton pushed to start up Kiwibank with Labour's support. It has proved to be a winner with ENZeds.

ENZeds need to be able to reach out to something and say…

]]> Thu, 01 May 2008 23:13:52 +1200 Steve Withers https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48824#post48824 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48824#post48824 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:24:18 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48716#post48716 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48716#post48716

I saw it more as an allusion to an insurgency against foreign invaders a la Iraq, combined with the very real sense that many people of our sovereignty being compromised by the ever higher levels of foreign ownership in the economy.

Even if you were right, I still think it…

]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:39:28 +1200 Steve Withers https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48696#post48696 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48696#post48696 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:51:28 +1200 Eric Olthwaite https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48665#post48665 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48665#post48665 I hadn't despised the Kiwibank ads for the reasons Craig mentions – though I can see his point. It's just the visceral gutter xenophobia that runs through them all, even that mildly heinous car ones.

Pump on the "local" angle if you must, but why not do it positively like…

]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:00:50 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48645#post48645 https://publicaddress.net/system/public-address-radio/pa-radio-resisting-the-resistance/?p=48645#post48645 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:28:32 +1200