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Lyndon Hood - non-appointee, Lower Hutt
Wednesday, June 02, 2004
The other week I got a phone call with the Good News. The Destiny New Zealand Political Party was coming to Wellington!
Knowing, as they did, I wanted to live in a decent society but that looking at the TV I could see that this wasn't the
case, they had sent me my first spam phone message.
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Matt Nippert - auctionable commodity, Auckland
Monday, May 31, 2004
As you'd expect from a herd of hacks, there was a certain amount of drinking, in-jokes and self-congratulation going on
at the 2003 Qantas Media Awards. The awards list runs long, 17 awards just for Magazine writing, and a procession of
reporting, photography and overall categories as well. Fortunately, the event was well-oiled, the ceremony not allowing
for verbose speeches of victory. (Although admittedly this did deny the audience material for gossip like last year.)
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Patrick Crewdson - studio audience member, Auckland
Sunday, May 30, 2004
As I stood in the crowd at the Auckland National Anthem show I thought: “I bet this would be a lot of fun to watch on
TV.”
On the balcony above us, Dominic Bowden’s teleprompter was waiting for him from half an hour before the broadcast. On
stage, a roadie made us all uncomfortable by wearing a NZ Idol t-shirt.
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Michael Appleton - student, Cambridge
Friday, May 28, 2004
Arriving in Cambridge last October was a little intimidating. Everyone would be so smart! The academics would have
towering intellects and would see right through my superficially-educated, journalistically-inclined self! Most of the
university colleges would be older than my country! What history! What wisdom!
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Lyndon Hood - job hopeful, Lower Hutt
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Surely it can't be healthy, but apparently I'm not the only one. When I hear about an critical, urgent problem involving
electricity, my basic assumption is that it's a con. This winter (says Transpower, the lines company) the north of the
South Island may well face evening blackouts because there isn't enough capacity to carry the power. Nobody was told
earlier - many were assured otherwise. Much of the indignation is arising from this last point (especially as Transpower
is a state-owned company).
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