My weekday mornings start with me reading the news. I used to subscribe to a printed newspaper but for a variety of reasons, I cancelled that subscription some two or three years ago. After a while, a friend brought The Bulletin to my attention. It’s compiled by Alex Braae, who I mentioned in the … [Read more...]
Garry writes 6 April 2021
Last week there was an article by an anonymous writer in Newsroom about RNZ. This writer is a current staff member of RNZ and has written the article anonymously. The fact that they had to write this under cover is a worrying sign. I would hazard a guess that the greater proportion of Tuesday … [Read more...]
Bernard Hickey has started a new venture:
I have long been a fan of investigative writer Bernard Hickey. He has left Newsroom, which is all the poorer for this happening, and has started a daily newsletter called the Kaka. Here’s the details of it and I recommend that you contact Bernard and get on his email list. Why … [Read more...]
This Week: Screen Canterbury
This week we will have Bree Loverich, from Screen Canterbury. Bree is a wonderful speaker and an enthusiast for film promotion. We have to get in behind this sector as it is job rich and able to bring vast resources to Greater Christchurch and the South Island. The film sector brings around $1b … [Read more...]
I apologise Dominic Harris. It wasn’t you I meant in the article.
I promised that I would write this. You can fill in why I wrote what I wrote. This message is for you Dominic :) … [Read more...]
Message to the Editor of the Press:
As many of you will know the Mayor, Lianne Dalziel, returned to work this week after nursing her dying husband and then having to deal with his death and funeral. We all wish her well as she grieves the loss of her Rob. Lianne received a really nice email from one of the civics reporters. This … [Read more...]
Ignore radio talk back on Covid 19:
It’s fascinating the empty nonsense we hear on radio talkback is promoting that we follow Sweden which supposedly has more liberties than we have. In recent comments talkback radio host Ryan Bridge wrote, "It’s becoming abundantly clear the Prime Minister’s sworn mission of stamping Covid-19 out … [Read more...]
Now here’s a proper apology by an Editor:
Our media seem to only apologise when they are dragged through the NZ Media Authority. I’m not sure why. Because of the lack of resources, we are seeing increasing mistakes in the written media. Obtaining an apology is like extracting blood out of a stone. In fact a stone might supply more blood … [Read more...]
ChristchurchNZ’ s promotion of our area hits a snag:
This week there was this embarrassing article in the Press about ChristchurchNZ engaging an Auckland team to produce a video for them. Here’s the article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/122103189/christchurch-promotional-agency-uses-outoftown-company-for-new-video-campaign. An observer of … [Read more...]
The Editorial team at the Press should hang their head in shame:
In the Press on Saturday was this article https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/300059512/christchurch-mayor-lianne-dalziel-taking-leave-of-absence-due-to-husbands-health. It was a deeply personal media release by Mayor Lianne Dalziel. Basically, she was informing the City, that her husband is … [Read more...]